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Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
Doug Larson
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It`s called a pen. It`s like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
Dale Dauten
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There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord
Thomas Paine
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[There] is an increasing sense of what can be called "legal pollution."
Thomas Ehrlich
Keywords: an :: be :: called :: can :: increasing :: is :: legal :: of :: pollution :: sense :: there :: whatSubject: Ecology Quotes :: Pollution QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes
Robert Maynard Hutchins
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Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.
Abdul Rauf
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Dogs come when they`re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.
Mary Bly
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The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Keywords: an :: and :: befog :: by :: called :: churches :: clergy :: condition :: encouraged :: eternal :: festivities :: in :: institution :: is :: keep :: masses :: means :: monuments :: of :: people :: processions :: religious :: so :: stupefaction :: stupefy :: superstition :: the :: them :: theySource: thinkexist.com
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A friend called me up...
Larry Wall
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If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?
Jon McGregor
Keywords: be :: called :: can :: how :: if :: nobody :: of :: remarkable :: speaks :: they :: thingsSubject: Remarkable Quotes :: Speech QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth
Jacques Barzun
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We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year`s Day.
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
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Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?
Clifford Stoll
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John Kerry was a thorn in our flesh. He was very articulate, a credible leader of the opposition. He forced us to create a counterfoil. We found a vet named John O’Neill and formed a group called Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace. We had O’Neill meet ...
Charles W. Colson
Keywords: and :: articulate :: called :: counterfoil :: create :: credible :: flesh :: for :: forced :: formed :: found :: group :: had :: he :: in :: john :: just :: kerry :: leader :: meet :: named :: o’neill :: of :: opposition :: our :: peace :: the :: thorn :: to :: us :: very :: vet :: veterans :: vietnam :: was :: weSubject: John Kerry QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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…a few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called ‘critical philosophy’ and to the theory of knowledge or epistemology. This class of workers I call epistemologists to avoid the disagreeable implications of the term ‘phil...
Alfred Korzybski
Keywords: and :: applies :: avoid :: ‘critical :: ‘philos :: …a :: call :: called :: class :: disagreeable :: do :: epistemologists :: epistemology :: few :: implications :: important :: knowledge :: of :: or :: philosophers :: philosophy’ :: really :: so :: term :: the :: theory :: this :: to :: work :: workersSource: thinkexist.com
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Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.
Alfred Adler
Keywords: an :: and :: be :: called :: can :: complaints :: condition :: cooperation :: disturbing :: extremely :: for :: have :: means :: of :: other :: power :: reducing :: slavery :: tears :: the :: to :: useful :: water :: weapon :: whichSubject: Complaints Quotes :: Tears QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
African Proverb
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In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
Frederick Buechner
Keywords: are :: called :: drops :: flirtation :: god :: handkerchief :: handkerchiefs :: his :: holy :: in :: occasionally :: saints :: the :: these :: with :: worldSubject: God Quotes :: Saints QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind
Henry David Thoreau
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I`ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
Barbra Streisand
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Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.
Albert Schweitzer
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The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Keywords: called :: christianity :: great :: is :: it :: love :: of :: over :: sensuality :: spiritualization :: the :: triumphSubject: Love Quotes :: Sensuality QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
Sam Levenson
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No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.
Donald Foster
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And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.
Orson Scott Card
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Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous.
Ambrose Bierce
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What, exactly, is the internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any computer, anywhere, that is equipped with a device called a `modem`, can make a noise like a duck choking on a kazoo
Dave Barry
Keywords: any :: anywhere :: basically :: called :: can :: choking :: computer :: data :: device :: digitized :: duck :: equipped :: exactly :: exchanging :: global :: in :: internet :: is :: it :: kazoo :: like :: make :: modem :: network :: noise :: on :: such :: that :: the :: way :: what :: withSubject: Internet QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.
Dave Barry
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Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?
Clifford Stoll
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
George Shaw
