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of the most basic principl... LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
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no proof for the
supernatural, but they
also have no proof
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I made and continue to make very little money at it, but the undying, fev... STEVEN BLUM Anime has sent me all over the world, introducing me to people who have touched my life in indescrib... STEVEN BLUM The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing. STEVEN WRIGHT I grew up in New York, in the Village, and I started going to Stella Adler pretty young. I was 13 or... STEVEN STRAIT I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of vi... STEVEN SPIELBERG There's a misconception that survival of the fittest means survival of the most aggressive. The ... STEVEN PINKER I performed adequately at school, but in comparison to my older brother, who set the record for the ... STEVEN CHU One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they ... STEVEN SEAGAL Action films are great, but an action film that has characters that are compelling and a story that ... STEVEN SEAGAL If God dropped acid, would he see people? STEVEN WRIGHT If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News... STEVEN WEBER I acknowledge that Hulu's easy accessibility probably keeps some people from pirating. But a res... STEVEN LEVITAN I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop,... STEVEN WRIGHT My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced ... STEVEN CHU I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of t... STEVEN WRIGHT Academics lack perspective. In a debate on whether the world is round, they would argue, 'No,... STEVEN PINKER Human evolution, at first, seems extraordinary. How could the process that gave rise to slugs and oa... STEVEN PINKER I liked school, but I used to dread those moments when the teacher would call me up to give an oral ... STEVEN WRIGHT Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less i... STEVEN WEBER