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• The Emperor is merely endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle!

  James Finn Garner

  Lifestyle, Emperor, Clothings

  James Finn Garner (2011). “Politically Correct Bedtime Stories”, p.9, Souvenir Press

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• There seems to be a concern about whether the public appreciation of science has eroded to a point where it has removed science from public debate and public decision making. Whether the public has come to regard evidence as optional.

  Rush D. Holt, Jr.

  Appreciation, Decision, Debate

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• There needs to be a public dawning - and it is beginning to dawn on some members of the public - that how science is practiced actually makes a difference in their lives. If evidence becomes optional, if ideological assertions or beliefs are just as good as scientifically vetted evidence, then their quality of life suffers. I think that's dawning on people. There's a level of concern unlike anything I've seen.

  Rush D. Holt, Jr.

  Thinking, Differences, People

  "One of the Most Famous Scientists in the World Just Explained Why Trump Is an Existential Threat". Interview With Emily Atkin, www.motherjones.com. February 28, 2017.

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• We must conclude that, being necessary to God by a necessity which is called "hypothetical", (that is, because God so willed it), the Blessed Virgin is all the more necessary for men to attain their final end. Consequently we must not place devotion to her on the same level as devotion to the other saints as if it were merely something optional.

  Louis de Montfort

  Christian, Blessed, Men

  Saint Louis de Montfort (2016). “True Devotion to Mary: Saint Louis de Montfort”, p.25, Danka

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• God is not an optional extra, He's an absolute must!

  C. S. Lewis

  Extras, Absolutes

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• Failing is not real, it's an optional state of mind.

  Behdad Sami

  Real, Mind, Failing

  Twitter post from Mar 28, 2014

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• My message is "Getting older is inevitable. Aging and deterioration are optional."

  Christiane Northrup

  Getting Older, Deterioration, Messages

  "Orange Is the New Black Star Alysia Reiner: Channeling Compassion Into Activism". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.

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• After disasters, reproductive healthcare falls by the wayside. Yet babies continue to be born. When all infrastructure falls apart, when the hospitals and all their technological equipment are destroyed, midwives come in handy. They can help women give birth with or without electricity, running water, equipment - even shelter is optional. When babies are ready, they come.

  Robin Lim

  Running, Baby, Fall

  "An Interview With Robin Lim | CNN Woman of The Year". Interview with Polly Armstrong, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Kant's aim was to develop a religion within the boundaries of mere reason (that is, reason unaided by special empirical revelation) and then to ask about existing ecclesiastical faith (especially about Christianity, and the Lutheran Christianity of his time and place) how this revealed faith must be interpreted if it is to be reconciled with reason, and even seen as a wider (though morally optional) extension of a religion of reason.

  Allen W. Wood

  Special, Christianity, Reason

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• I think what Mr. Trump has made clear is that he would not undertake optional wars, what I have called wars of choice, a la, say Iraq in 2003 or Libya, for the purposes of transforming another country. It's not clear whether Hillary Clinton, if she were to have the opportunity, would do such a thing again or whether she would have taken a - the lesson from both Iraq and Libya that we ought not to be undertaking those kinds of wars of choice.

  Richard N. Haass

  Country, War, Taken

  "Examining The Foreign Policy Outlook Of Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. September 2, 2016.

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• Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization.

  Van Jones

  Keys, Civilization, Republic

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I really don't need the public's money. I'd like to have something on the internet with charitable donation optional, where anyone can download my music for free.

  Elton John

  Needs, Internet, Donation

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• Arab nation, Egypt, is not mentioned [in the Muslim Ban]? This is where facts are optional for the liberal media.

  Sebastian Gorka

  Egypt, Media, Facts

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• Pain happens, but suffering is optional. When pain comes, make use of the experience, but do not wallow in it.
  When you accidentally place your finger in a flame, it is supposed to hurt just long enough for you to pull it out.
  If you think there is value in keeping it there, you will be a crispy critter. Pain is a minor element of life, unless you are indulging it.
  Then it becomes suffering. Get the message and then get on with your life, which is far more about joy than sorrow.

  Alan Cohen

  Hurt, Pain, Thinking

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• Reality is not optional.

  Thomas Sowell

  Reality

  "Riots in France" by Thomas Sowell, www.realclearpolitics.com. November 8, 2005.

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• Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Physical pain is a fact that comes with living, just as illness or financial woes or broken relationships are facts. But misery is a state of mind, a reaction to the facts, that can be controlled or altered by an act of will.

  Barbara

  Courage, Pain, Broken

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• Change is a given; growth, however, is optional.

  Orrin Woodward

  Growth, Given

  Twitter post from Nov 03, 2015

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• Spirituality on the other hand, is a chosen path of developing intimate relationships with God. It's chosen, it's nurtured, and it's optional.

  Caroline Myss

  God, Hands, Intimate Relationships

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• Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take part in hostilities or be involuntarily recruited and that former child soldiers should be assisted by their governments after a life of violence and distress.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Children, Government, Soldier

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• The rule of love, I say again, is not an optional extra. It is the very essence of what we [Christians] are about

  N. T. Wright

  Christian, Essence, Extras

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• My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters.

  Bram Cohen

  Simple, Python, Support

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• Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inevitable, Difficulty

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• I spend five times more money at a chemist shop than I would at a fashion boutique. Clothes shopping is optional for me; shopping at a chemist store is a must.

  Kajol

  Fashion, Shopping, Clothes

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• Women in America read 'lifestyle' pages which are really glorifications of shopping. They teach us we must veil ourselves in make-up to be loved. And we willingly take the veil, thinking ourselves freed by it. Make-up is no more optional for us than the veil is for Arab women: it is our Western version of the chador.

  Erica Jong

  Thinking, Shopping, America

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• Where orthodoxy is optional, orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed.

  Richard John Neuhaus

  Orthodoxy, Sooner Or Later

  Richard John Neuhaus (2001). “The Best of "The Public Square".: Book two”, p.1, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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