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• Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural selection in driving it.

  Jared Diamond

  Roles, Today, Facts

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• There are certain things in gun control that have a certain public appeal, but when you're legislating you need to look at the research on what works, what doesn't, and what really has an impact, recognizing you're never going to do away entirely with gun violence

  Kim Campbell

  Gun, Impact, Needs

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• To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and father of two, I can't imagine the state of Minnesota not recognizing my love for my wife Isabelle. We would welcome and respect the equal rights for gays to experience the same joy and privileges of marriage that we do.

  Chris Kluwe

  Couple, Husband, Father

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• We are not good at recognizing distant threats even if their probability is 100%. Society ignoring [peak oil] is like the people of Pompeii ignoring the rumblings below Vesuvius.

  James R. Schlesinger

  Oil, People, Pompeii

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• With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today, we will achieve our destiny to be as a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see.

  Ronald Reagan

  Eye, Reality, Destiny

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• It's not about having a specific set time; both personal and professional lives are 24/7. It's simply, more about making the right allocation to each one and recognizing that it's going to be different every single day

  Ellen J. Kullman

  Inspiration, Different, Personal And Professional Life

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• Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the ones we cherish about ourselves.

  Thomas Merton

  Spiritual, Self, Cherish

  Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.34, New Directions Publishing

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• I wanted to start a website for teenaged girls that was not kind of this one-dimensional strong character empowerment thing, because one thing that can be very alienating about a misconception of feminism is that girls then think that to be feminists, they have to live up to being perfectly consistent in their beliefs, never being insecure, never having doubts, having all the answers...and this is not true and actually, recognizing all the contradictions I was feeling became easier once I realized that feminism was not a rule book but a discussion, a conversation, a process.

  Tavi Gevinson

  Girl, Strong, Badass

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• I've always had a talent for recognizing when I am in a moment worth being nostalgic for.

  Lena Dunham

  Life Lesson, Self Reflection, Talent

  Lena Dunham (2014). “Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"”, p.176, Random House

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• It's very encouraging to see the structural changes that the RNC has made this past year in engaging communities on the ground. Recognizing that the way to reach voters is to go into their communities instead of reaching out from an office in Washington DC is essential for victory in elections today.

  S. E. Cupp

  Past, Opportunity, Years

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• The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Writing, Genius, Talent

  "Unkempt Thoughts" as translated by Jacek Galazka, 1962.

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• Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and a wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society. Marriage cannot be cut off from its cultural, religious, and natural roots without weakening this good influence on society. Government, by recognizing and protecting marriage, serves the interests of all.

  George W. Bush

  Religious, Children, Husband

  The President's Radio Address, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 3, 2006.

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• It's easier to be old than young. You make just as many blunders, but you've become much more adept at not recognizing them.

  Terry Rossio

  Easier, Blunders, Young

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• Everything is a gift from God: it is only by recognizing this crucial dependence on the Creator that we will find freedom and peace.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Faith, Inspiration, Gift From God

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• Recognizing and uniting with the universal therefore gives us the greatest aesthetic satisfaction, the greatest emotion of beauty. The more determinately (consciously) this recognition is experienced, the more intense our happiness. The more determinately (consciously) this union with the universal is felt, the more individual subjectivity declines.

  Piet Mondrian

  Life, Art, Giving

  "The new art - the new life: the collected writings of Piet Mondrian".

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• Spirituality is recognizing the divine light that is within us all. It doesn't belong to any particular religion; it belongs to everyone

  Muhammad Ali

  Light, Spirituality, Divine

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 18, 2014

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• Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.

  Bell Hooks

  Mean, Giving, Important

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• Jacopo Belbo didnt understand that he had had his moment and that it would have to be enough for him, for all his life. Not recognizing it, he spent the rest of his days seeking something else, until he damned himself.

  Umberto Eco

  Moments, Enough, Seeking

  Umberto Eco (1997). “Foucault's Pendulum”

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• Empathetic people are superb at recognizing and meeting the needs of clients, customers, or subordinates. They seem approachable, wanting to hear what people have to say. They listen carefully, picking up on what people are truly concerned about, and respond on the mark.

  Daniel Goleman

  People, Empathy, Needs

  Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee (2013). “Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence”, p.44, Harvard Business Review Press

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• The general feeling is, if you don't treat everyone the same you're showing partiality. To me, that's when you show the most partiality, when you treat everyone the same. You must give each individual the treatment that you feel he earns and deserves, recognizing at all times that you're imperfect and you're going to be incorrect oftentimes in your judgment.

  John Wooden

  Giving, Feelings, Coaching

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• The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Success, Lying

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• One thing must be emphatically stated. The New Testament books did not become authoritative for the Church because they were formally included in a canonical list; on the contrary, the Church included them in her canon because she already regarded them as divinely inspired, recognizing their innate worth and generally apostolic authority, direct or indirect.

  F. F. Bruce

  Book, Church, Lists

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• At least once a year, I imagine that I am about to die. Looking back as truthfully as I can at my entire life, I give full attention to the things I wish hadn’t occurred. Recognizing these mistakes honestly but without self-recrimination, I try to rejoice in the innate wisdom that allows me to see so bravely, and I feel compassion for how I so frequently messed up. Then I can go forward. The future is wide open, and what I do with it is up to me.

  Pema Chodron

  Mistake, Compassion, Self

  Pema Chodron (2007). “No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.38, Shambhala Publications

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• Recognizing that something is wrong is the first step toward changing the world.

  Shane Claiborne

  World, Firsts, Steps

  Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.300, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious life is a venture; foolish and debilitating error is a permanent possibility. (If we can be wrong, however, we can also be right.)

  Alvin Plantinga

  Religious, Errors, Guarantees

  Alvin Plantinga (2000). “Warranted Christian Belief”, p.81, Oxford University Press

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