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• John Lott documents how far 'politically correct' vested interests are willing to go to denigrate anyone who dares disagree with them. Lott has done us all a service by his thorough, thoughtful scholarly approach to a highly controversial issue.

  Milton Friedman

  Thoughtful, Issues, Done

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• It is in applied psychology, if anywhere, that today we should be modest and grant validity to a number of apparently contradictory opinions; for we are still far from having anything like a thorough knowledge of the human psyche, that most challenging field of scientific enquiry. For the present we have merely more or less plausible opinions that defy reconciliation.

  Carl Jung

  Knowledge, Numbers, Psychology

  "Modern Man in Search of a Soul". Book by Carl Jung, p. 57, 1933.

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• However it is achieved, a thorough reorganisation of production, consumption and distribution will be the end result of humanity's response to the climate emergency and the broader environmental crisis.

  Walden Bello

  Humanity, Environmental, Climate

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• Heat skittered through her belly, then directly south. “Sawyer.” In answer, he brought his head up and kissed her. Deep, hungry, tasting her in a purposely slow, thorough manner before pulling back to once again look into her eyes. Oh, God. “Sawyer, what are we doing?” she whispered. He shook his head. “No f#cking clue.

  Jill Shalvis

  Eye, Looks, Answers

  Jill Shalvis (2015). “Lucky Harbor Collection 1: Simply Irresistible, The Sweetest Thing, Head Over Heels”, p.443, Hachette UK

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• Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going an association as possible. To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization. Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.

  Karl Popper

  Mean, Science, Judgement

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• The politicians and the religious leaders and the weapons scientists have been at it for a long time and they've made a thorough mess of it. I mean, we're in deep trouble.

  Carl Sagan

  Religious, Atheist, Mean

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• Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power of a thorough consecration, the ability of self-littleness, an absolute losing of one's self in God's glory and an ever present and insatiable yearning and seeking after all the fullness of God.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Educational, Self

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1907). “Preacher and Prayer”

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• After thorough reflection, I realized that my desire to achieve my goals in this sport outweighed my self-doubt. This perseverance has helped me to be successful not only in gymnastics, but in my non-athletic life as well.

  Jonathan Horton

  Sports, Perseverance, Successful

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• Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes a birth gift and afterwards is fostered as a habit.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Character, Personality, Birth

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two”, p.122, Courier Corporation

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• There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds so many violent mutant strains.

  Salman Rushdie

  Examination, Mutants, Needs

  "Let's get back to life" by Salman Rushdie, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2001.

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• Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that thou didst once love, and love the things that thou didst once hate; if thou hast really repented; if there be a thorough change of mind in thee; if thou be born again, then hast thou reason to rejoice: but if there be no vital change, no inward godliness; if there be no love to God, no prayer, no work of the Holy Spirit, then thy saying "I am saved" is but thine own assertion, and it may delude, but it will not deliver thee.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Religious, Art, Prayer

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• But in order to be strong, you have to love yourself, and in order to love yourself, you need thorough self-knowledge, you need to know everything about yourself, including your most hidden secrets, the ones most difficult to accept.

  Susanna Tamaro

  Strong, Love You, Order

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• What do you think? Does everything look right? " " You really expect me to look at anything but you? " She laughed even as her pulse jittered. " Boy, I must be in bad shape when a shopworn line like that hits the mark. " " I mean it, " he said and watched her smile fade. " I adore looking at you. " Laying a hand on her knees with a long, slow, thorough kiss. " Beautiful Margo. mine. " " Well, you're certainly taking my mind off my ... kiss me again. " " Glad to.

  Nora Roberts

  Beautiful, Mean, Kissing

  Nora Roberts (2011). “Nora Roberts' Dream Trilogy”, p.281, Penguin

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• We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

  Arthur Erickson

  Motivation, Thorough Knowledge, Today

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• I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness — a real thorough-going illness.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Real, Gentleman, Illness

  "White Nights and Other Stories".

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• Almost always when I told someone I was writing a book about "eating animals", they assumed, even without knowing anything about my views, that it was a case for vegetarianism. It's a telling assumption, one that implies not only that a thorough inquiry into animal agriculture would lead one away from eating meat, but that most people already know that to be the case.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Book, Writing, Animal

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2010.

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• The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Men, Personal Growth

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• My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Obsessed, My Friends

  "Harry Potter Grows Up: An Interview With Daniel Radcliffe". Interview with Christina Patterson, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 3, 2012.

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• I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It's about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that's what makes it interesting.

  Matt Smith

  Thinking, Interesting, Risk

  "Matt Smith and Karen Gillan Interview DOCTOR WHO". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 2, 2011.

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• I swing between procrastination and being really thorough so either way things aren't getting done quickly.

  Freema Agyeman

  Procrastination, Swings, Done

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• There are no more thorough prudes than those who have some little secret to hide.

  George Sand

  Secret, Prudes, Littles

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• He was a thorough good sort; a bit limited; a bit thick in the head; yes; but a thorough good sort. Whatever he took up he did in the same matter-of-fact sensible way; without a touch of imagination, without a sparkle of brilliancy, but with the inexplicable niceness of his type.

  Virginia Woolf

  Imagination, Matter, Way

  Virginia Woolf (2007). “Selected Works of Virginia Woolf”, p.176, Wordsworth Editions

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• To-day we live so cowed under the bombardment of this intellectual artillery that hardly anyone can attain to the inward detachment that is required for a clear view of the monstrous drama. The will-to-power operating under a pure democratic disguise has finished off its masterpiece so well that the object's sense of freedom is actually flattered by the most thorough-going enslavement that has ever existed.

  Oswald Spengler

  Drama, Views, Media

  "The Decline of the West (Volume II)". Book by Oswald Spengler, 1928.

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• Payton grinned. “You must be Chase.” As she extended her hand in introduction, she took the opportunity to give him a more thorough once-over. He had dark wavy hair and warm brown eyes. Very Pat-rick Dempsey/McDreamy-esque. Good build, not terribly tall, maybe only five-ten-ish, but since Payton measured in at exactly five-three and one-third inch, she could work with this

  Julie James

  Eye, Dark, Opportunity

  Julie James (2009). “Practice Makes Perfect”, p.79, Penguin

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• God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, 'This is my Country.'

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Country, Knowledge

  Benjamin Franklin's letter to David Hartley (December 4, 1789) as quoted in "The Writings of Benjamin Franklin," Volume 10 (p. 72) edited by Albert H. Smyth, 1907.

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