If we reject science, we reject the common man.


Naguib Mahfouz

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If we reject science, we reject the common man.
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April. Month of dust and lies.
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We reject the draft,
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We categorically reject these declarations.
AHMED HUSSEIN
We reject and deplore this situation,
RAFAEL TRUJILLO
We reject it. We have rejected their demarche.
TASNIM ASLAM
We reject these results announced by the commission.
ADNAN DULAIMI
We reject outright that we discriminate on the basis of age,
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To reject the word is to reject the human search.
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We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future to...
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We Egyptians reject any kind of assault or insult against our prophet.
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Reject cynicism. Reject certitude. And don't be a jerk. Be a good guy.
JAKE SULLIVAN
Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.
HAVELOCK ELLIS
Let the whole world hear that we reject America. No, no to the occupier.
MUQTADA AL SADR
It will be a war of national liberation. We believe the people reject totalitarianism.
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Pain and death are a part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.
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When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in...
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Appreciate and reject the negativity.
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Reject hatred without hating.
MARY BAKER EDDY
Reject sin, seek righteousness.
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We often fear being rejected so very much that we reject ourselves first before anyone else has the ...
UNKNOWN
We weren't happy with that so our recommendation to the board was to reject those bids.
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I reject the insurance model. I think we should have a free-market approach to healthcare.
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We reject any plan that is not about withdrawing the troops and bringing them home immediately.
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This is unconstitutional and done with an ill political motive...we don't accept it. We reject such ...
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We've got to have candor and talk about these things while we reject wild hypotheses,
WILLIAM BENNETT
Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
CHEVY CHASE
Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
If you are still alive, time is now, reject sin, seek righteousness.
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We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of oursel...
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
*Only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path.
U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
SETH GODIN
reject the government's cruel and cynical interpretation.
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Language becomes a prison house only poets can escape...if we do not reject any strict distinctions ...
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If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
We must reject the idea of isolationism, ... But that doesn't mean we should get involved in every c...
DAN QUAYLE
Don't reject the good together with the bad
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Realize your true strength when people reject you. In actual fact, they do not reject you. They only...
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He's coming back. I'm a reject. Just kidding.
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The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolut...
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What you reject today, you could accept tomorrow. And what you accept today, you could reject tomorr...
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The proposal doesn't meet the requirements of the Northland Plan, so we had to reject it in its curr...
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And conservatives know that if you reject these principles of limited government and urge others to ...
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To choose the right is to reject the wrong.
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We realized that it was very likely that the state would reject (our) application immediately if all...
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Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a s...
GARY L. FRANCIONE
If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th...
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If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y...
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If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.
AYN RAND
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentf...
BERNARD BERKOWITZ
The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but...
JON WYNNE-TYSON
The appointments are unconstitutional, motivated and a barrier to the development of democracy, whic...
ABDUL JALIL
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
ADAM SAVAGE
[Saving] $27 million is pretty hard to reject.
JAMES FORD
Eden is a factory and human was a reject.
We are being recalled in order to be fixed.
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We emphatically reject the idea that the only way we can restore our competitiveness is to reduce ou...
ALAN TONELSON
We should reject big government and look inside ourselves for all the things that built this country...
GLENN BECK
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
MARCUS AURELIUS
The hearts of men reject what they cannot mentally grasp.
DEDRICK D. L. PITTER
Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things.
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We already know that spam is a huge downside of online life. If we're going to be spammed on our...
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But You never reject a repentant and humble heart.
ALPHONSUS LIGUORI
ASEAN must resist and reject such attempts at coercion,
MAHATHIR MOHAMAD
It is not true and I firmly reject it,
IVO SANADER
Let your choice be: reject the wrong, but choose the right.
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The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the a...
ELLEN G. WHITE
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentf...
SPENCER TRACY
If you mean your words, people who lust over your lovely ways won't dare to reject you.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE
If you say something and reject any criticism,
then your words truly meant to advise yourself.
TOBA BETA
The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about
DEREK BOK
The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about
CONFUCIUS
A lot of people reject being in a place where they're physically confronted. We try to maintain an i...
AARON WARREN
On the other hand, if the motion was approved by a competent minister, there was no reason to reject...
MACIEJ LOPINSKI
Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.
WILLIAM MORRIS
I reject your reality and substitute it for my own.
ADAM SAVAGE
If you are vigilant and make a stern effort to reject every thought when it rises, you will soon fin...
RAMANA MAHARSHI
I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.
ERICH SEGAL
Were not My communications recited to you? But you used to reject them.
QURAN
A majority of our members have voted to reject the tentative agreement,
BRUCE BELL
To reject the word of God is to rebel against righteous life.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better...
JAMES A. MICHENER
The words you can’t find, you borrow.
We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w...
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I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principl...
ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA
Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in ...
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If lawmakers propose lifetime imprisonment as an alternative to the death penalty, the Japanese publ...
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We reject Playboy magazine because it is an icon of pornography. By insisting to publish, they are d...
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Don't be discouraged if your children reject your advice. Years later they will offer it to their ow...
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To operate in the serpent dimension is to reject laws of the kingdom
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Reject the religious labels and accept the only label that matters “Born Again
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We reject user fees. The size and scope and complexity and cost of the air transportation system tod...
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Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on ...
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There are brains so smart in finance and unconsciously reject wealth.
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You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.
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They explicitly reject a one-size-fits-all, cookie-cutter approach.
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Love is natural, no logical reason to accept or reject it
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