It was tremendously exciting to discover that science was not destroying religion, as people popularly believe, but that it could cast light on theism and Christianity.
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FAY VINCENT Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible th... LAFCADIO HEARN Religion always has a soothing effect and makes people accept fate. We have to teach them that it wa... IMTIAZ AHMED When watching movies, I was always inspired by the performances of the cast. Of course, the story an... RINKO KIKUCHI When the settlement came to light, people decided it was absorbable and that the risk was manageable... REILLY TIERNEY Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384 It has been too much the custom to regard the earlies... W. M. RAMSAY It seems only yesterday I used to believe there was nothing under my skin but light. If yo... BILLY COLLINS I think Douglas was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real sci... LALLA WARD The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' ... ISAAC ASIMOV The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' ... ISAAC ASIMOV The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" ... ISAAC ASIMOV It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her LUCRETIA MOTT It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her. LUCRETIA MOTT It was very exciting. It was tense. We knew we did well. But we knew it was in the judges hands so a... DENISE NEEL I think it was hard for people to cast me as an ethnic, as an Asian American woman. CHLOE BENNET It was exciting but not the outcome we wanted. AARON MCFARLAND It turned out I was pretty good in science. But again, because of the small budget, in science class... GEORGE CARLIN In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being a... NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament an... JACOB BRONOWSKI It's a most peculiar psychology—this business of 'Science is based on faith too, so there!' Typica... ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY I want to tell few things, I like the truth in all faces. why?? It's the truth one road and tha... DEYTH BANGER It was super exciting, and the best thing is, no one died. We're in it for the science and the intri... CHRISTIAN WALLS It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio. SAM DONALDSON
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If I go to a family reunion,... SUSAN STRAIGHT When you think of Yahoo, they had a shot to be what Vox is doing, in terms of taking content and dis... SUSAN DECKER My father, born in Colorado, met my mother, born in Switzerland, when he went into the finance compa... SUSAN STRAIGHT My hobby is gardening, I love it, it's my main hobby. I like being at home and I'm very happ... SUSAN HAMPSHIRE If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more tree... SUSAN GEORGE The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured m... SUSAN SONTAG When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. SUSAN SARANDON In all my novels, a sense of place - not just geographic but social - is a critical element. I have ... SUSAN WIGGS To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time. SUSAN SONTAG I always try to avoid looking at the section where my books would be shelved, but I do know that my ... SUSAN CHOI It become totally untenable to me that after acting for 25 years - I've played Juliet, Cleopatra... SUSAN STRASBERG My women students openly admit that they dress for interviews like dates, hoping to look their best:... SUSAN ESTRICH I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. ... SUSAN ORLEAN I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a th... SUSAN MINOT I think we actually punish children out of their relationship with their bodies... we categorically ... SUSAN GRIFFIN Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations. SUSAN FALUDI As our cities have developed, they've built sometimes small villages or communities that were in... SUSAN OLIVER I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you <... SUSAN SARANDON The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wis... SUSAN SONTAG In another life I would be a medievalist. I loved Chaucer, far more than Shakespeare. SUSAN HILL Depression is melancholy minus its charms - the animation, the fits. SUSAN SONTAG Extroverts are more likely to take a quick-and-dirty approach to problem-solving, trading accuracy f... SUSAN CAIN