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• I am like all other atheists only in that I do not believe there are any gods. Beyond that, I may differ dramatically in my values and beliefs from any other atheist. On both sides of the political spectrum, one can find the neo-conservative Objectivists and the ultra-liberal Communists, both of whom hate each other. These two factions take up nearly opposite sets of values, yet both are comprised of unabashed atheists.

  Richard Carrier

  Atheist, Hate, Believe

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• Most of all, the ultra distance leaves you alone with your thoughts to an excruciating extent. Whatever song you have in your head had better be a good one. Whatever story you are telling yourself had better be a story about going on. There is no room for negativity. The reason most people quit has nothing to do with their body.

  Scott Jurek

  Song, Distance, People

  Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman (2012). “Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness”, p.136, A&C Black

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• To function effectively, the system scientist must know a considerable amount about the natural world AND about mathematics, without being an expert in either field. This is clearly a prescription for career disaster in today's world of ultra-high specialization.

  John L. Casti

  Careers, Today, Fields

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• Specialisation paralyses, ultra-specialisation kills. Palaeontology is littered with such catastrophes.

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

  Paralysis, Catastrophe

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• If you have any doubt that time is relative, try stretching fifteen minutes' worth of input of over four hours cubicle-cell time with an ultra-slow internet connection and frequent visits from supervisors.

  Rob Payne

  Cells, Doubt, Trying

  "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, 2003.

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• People still stereotype all day long. But if you forget your own age, you'll get so focused on the business that you become ultra-confident and people will forget to question how old you are.

  Gurbaksh Chahal

  Long, People, Age

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• With their four-dimensional minds, and in their interdisciplinary ultra verbal way, geologists can wiggle out of almost anything.

  John McPhee

  Mind, Four, Way

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• What drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever-widening chasm between the ultra-rich and everybody else.

  Barack Obama

  Rich, Economy, Drag

  Barack Obama's Speech at the Associated Press Luncheon, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 3, 2012.

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• It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the US, quite a few of the ultra-rich have taken to heart the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's comment that it's a disgrace to die wealthy.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Taken, Heart, Mean

  "Civil engineering" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2007.

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• Male homosexuals have seduced and abused millions of underage boys. Their unclean sexual habits and ultra-promiscuous lifestyle have resulted in spreading the worst communicable plague in this century, the specter of AIDS, which has not only killed millions of their own, but also millions of others, including tens of thousands who contracted the virus from blood transfusions.

  David Duke

  Boys, Blood, Ku Klux Klan

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• I don't think we can ever learn much from ultra-sensitive, shifty faces, skilled in disguise, that hide themselves in lust, as beasts hide to die.

  Georges Bernanos

  Thinking, Lust, Faces

  Georges Bernanos, Rémy Rougeau (2002). “The Diary of a Country Priest”, p.124, Da Capo Press

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• In the political, the social, the economic, even the cultural sphere, the revolutions of our time have been revolutions "against" rather than revolutions "for"... On the whole throughout this period the man--or party--that stood for doing the positive has usually cut a pathetic figure; well meaning but ineffectual, civilized but unrealistic, he was suspect alike to [by both] the ultras of destruction and the ultras of preservation and restoration.

  Peter Drucker

  Party, Cutting, Men

  Peter F. Drucker (2011). “Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New”, p.111, Transaction Publishers

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• In Europe there's an dangerous growth of ultra xenophobia which is pretty threatening to any one who remembers the history of Europe... and an attack on the remnants of the welfare state. It's hard to interpret the austerity-in-the-midst-of-recession policy as anything other than attack on the social contract.

  Noam Chomsky

  Xenophobia, Europe, Growth

  "Noam Chomsky on America's Economic Suicide". Interview with Laura Flanders / GRITtv, www.alternet.org. May 4, 2012.

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• I've heard too many times where people say that I'm this ultra-serious guy. In truth, I've got an extremely absurd sense of humor. I thrive on the absurd - I love it.

  Phil Anselmo

  People, Guy, Serious

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't have one specific tattooing specialty. I enjoy doing full-color new school, portraits, neo-traditional, realistic, black and gray, ultra detailed art, etc... but always custom.

  William Webb

  Art, School, Color

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• The parties of Whig and Tory are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names or by those of Aristocrats and Democrats, Cote Droite and Cote Gauche, Ultras and Radicals, Serviles and Liberals. The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. The healthy, strong and bold cherishes them, and is formed a Whig by nature.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Strong, Party

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence”, p.298, Algora Publishing

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• Raising the congestion charge won't necessarily make a difference. Rather than increasing the amount you pay in congestion charge, we should be thinking about an ultra low emission zone. We should penalise those cars who are the biggest polluters and reward cars that don't, like electric cars.

  Sadiq Khan

  Thinking, Differences, Car

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• Having a persona people recognize, it's the thing that probably gets you paid the most - but it's also the thing that virtually every actor in the world doesn't want. 'Cause, like, no one would believe me if I wanted to play something ultra-realistic, like a gangster or something.

  Robert Pattinson

  Believe, Play, People

  "Robert Pattinson Says His Character In ‘Bel Ami’ Is a “Shit” & Film Will Be Hard To Market" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. March 30, 2011.

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• When one runs 45, 50 or even 100km, for me, is not an ultra runner

  Yiannis Kouros

  Running, Runners

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• We spent our whole married life in the ultra-competitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it through God's eyes. As much fun as it was to be winning, we tried not to get caught up in it. We knew that our family life and our faith walk were more important.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Fun

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.143, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• People make songs so that somebody else will hear them and want to do them. I guess it's an indication that the songs aren't so ultra-personal that they can't possibly be interpreted by anyone else.

  Tom Waits

  Song, People, Want

  Interview with Amanda Petrusich, pitchfork.com. November 27, 2006.

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• We know that for the last 300 or 400 years, the size of human bodies is growing. Now what happened is that we suddenly, in history, have the backward process. We have these great Greek athletes, we have ultra-powerful Roman soldiers. You look at the size of the Roman soldier who has to carry all this ammunition. You're talking about 300,000 Arnold Schwartzeneggers.

  Garry Kasparov

  Powerful, Athlete, Talking

  Source: www.timothytaylor.ca

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• My high school had been a renovated old hospital, so when I first came to the UCLA campus in the spring of 1965, I was immediately impressed by the classic northern Italian architecture that was mixed with futuristic ultra-modern buildings. The classic architecture gave it the heft of old wisdom while the modernistic look inspired hope for the future.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Spring, School, Italian

  Source: www.sbnation.com

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• You want to unify America with a sense of culture and decency and all of this that reasserts and reaffirms the concepts of American exceptionalism.But the left and who they are, you watch Hollywood, you watch the Oscars, you watch any left-wing, it's not even Democrat. It is ultra left-wing radical.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Wings, America, Hollywood

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I've always been a decent runner so I've never been massively unfit, but for this I've got stronger. I've got rid of a bit of podge and I'm just a bit leaner, which means that I'm just quicker at moving, I'm more agile and I recover much better as well. At the moment I feel ultra-fit and it's been an amazing change.

  Greg James

  Moving, Mean, Stronger

  "Greg James' Gregathlon for Sport Relief". Interview with Stephanie Soh, in.askmen.com.

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