Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.


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Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
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I think equation guessing might be the best method to proceed to obtain the laws for the part of phy...
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No question, (the BCS equation) was a determining factor,
CRAIG THOMPSON
Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom.
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Everything can be summed up into an equation.
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[Geiger]'s been playing the best. It's a very simple kind of equation they all had an opportunity.
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The whole equation has changed. It used to be about facilities and locations; now it's incentives.
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Passion has always been important to me. That won't change. What changes in a woman's perspe...
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That is the financial side of the equation. What about the human side of the equation?
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In one equation you can solve all the puzzles of life. It is the equation of giving.
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God is not a dead equation!
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We're bringing speed to the equation.
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The equation to true happiness is realizing what you have and being thankful you still have it.
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We want to put sportsmanship back in the equation.
ERIC HYMAN
She was part of the equation that got me back so quick.
ERIC YOUNG
Please get me out of the equation so that I am no more a problem.
EPHDAN
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Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.
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You take Sam out of the equation and they continue to play well. It says a lot about our depth.
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And so if you take the e-mail out of the equation, which you must, there's not much left,
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We have to do more work on the cost side of the equation.
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Ultimately, we are the sum of our failures and triumphs, the one that is greatest determines what yo...
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The sterling-dollar equation moved against him.
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Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
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They are simply an insignificant part of the equation. The numbers are really low.
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That will require restraint and responsibility on all sides of this equation.
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Good friends, very good what's the equation motherfucker???
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Victory is a constant in the life equation of a Christian.
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There's a lot of moving parts to it. It's all part of an equation.
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Sometimes the answers are in the question!
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I look at the hundreds of algebra problems facing me in the next three days.
And here I thought...
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I can't be part of your equation. But I rather want to solve your problems.
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Our equation says the economy ought to be good enough for Bush to win the election,
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