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In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue and a blessing.


Ted Gioia

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TED DANSON We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole respons...
TED DANSON We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oi...
TED DANSON Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone them...
TED DANSON The industrial way we fish for seafood is harming the marine habitats that all ocean life depends up...
TED DANSON You use and lose a lot of energy being grumpy.
TED DANSON Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding...
TED DANSON The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it...
TED DANSON Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but...
TED DANSON I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to ...
TED CRUZ When my father came over here penniless with $100 sewn into his underwear, thank God some well-meani...
TED CRUZ The power of the American people, when we rise up and stand for liberty, knows no bounds.
TED CRUZ We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to recl...
TED CRUZ I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate.
TED CRUZ This election presents a stark choice - we can continue down the road of the Obama Democrats, more a...
TED CRUZ I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the script...
TED CRUZ I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because y...
TED CRUZ If you will not stand with Israel and the Jews, then I will not stand with you.
TED CRUZ It is the job of our military to protect America and to hunt down and kill those who would threaten ...
TED CRUZ I was so horrifically bad at tennis.
TED CRUZ I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan.
TED CRUZ In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative.
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