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“At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes-an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.”

Heart May Two Ideas Matter Science Attitude Balance Essentials Smell Nonsense Openness New Ideas Scent Conservation Bizarre Contradictory Skeptical Ruthless Scrutiny Old And New

Author:Carl Sagan

“The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word 'Africa.' According to most records, old and new, Africans are the oldest people on the face of the earth. The people now called Africans not only influenced the Greeks and the Romans, they influenced the early world before there was a place called Europe.”

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Author:John Henrik Clarke

“Let us suppose, that the Old and New worlds were formerly but one continent, and that, by a violent earthquake, the ancient Atalantis [sic] of Plato was sunk ... The sea would necessarily rush in from all quarters, and form what is now called the Atlantic ocean.”

World Form Sea Ocean Ancient Violent Quarters New World Continents Plato Earthquakes Old And New Atlantic Ocean

Author:Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

“Utilizing a unique acoustic blend never heard previously, the Aaron O’Rourke Trio has made a fine debut recording that is sure to please old and new grass fans alike.”

Made Heard Fans Fine Please Unique Grass Acoustics Debut Old And New Trios Utilizing

Author:David Grisman

“This is all about a media war that continues to rage between the old and new media. Unfortunately for our soldiers, these brave Americans are caught in the crossfire”

War Media Brave Soldier Caught Rage New Media Old And New Crossfire

Author:Joe Scarborough

“We must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and New Testament, to be impositions, fables and forgeries.”

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Book:The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar

Source: The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar

“Ivan and Misha is the great American Russian Novel told as Chekhov would tell it, in stories of delicacy, humanity, and insight. From Kiev to Manhattan, Brighton Beach and Bellevue, Michael Alenyikov lays out a series of compelling arguments for brotherhood between brothers, between lovers, between men from an old country. Alenyikov confronts big subjects—illness and madness, sex and love in the age of AIDS, old and new world values, a fallen wall, the metaphysics of survival, the march of generations.”

“Old and new kiss everywhere in Africa”

Kissing Old And New

Author:John Gunther

“Slavery was, in a very real sense, the first international human rights issue to come to the fore. It led to the adoption of the first human rights laws and to the creation of the first human rights non-governmenta l organization. And yet despite the efforts of the international community to combat this abhorrent practice, it is still widely prevalent in all its insidious forms, old and new.”

“Neil Shepard's (T)RAVEL/ UN(T)RAVEL takes us from the sublime -- Paris in Spring, sunset on Corfu -- to an unscheduled toilet stop in a Chinese desert as fellow passengers cheer. Yes, there's light at the heart of this book; but darkness too, as the world and the traveler unravel and re-ravel, fall together, come apart. Shepard proves the best sort of traveling companion -- lively, observant, incisive, eloquent, charmed by the strange and familiar, the old and new. Climb aboard these poems. Enjoy the ride.”

“I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.”

Years Different Spirit United Race Behinds Land Thousand Tradition Aim Gods Will Empires Thousand Years Majesty Splendid Commonwealth Old And New

Author:Queen Elizabeth II

“I have an iPod, but I do still love CDs. There's something nice and tangible about a CD. I'm a mixture of old and new - I love my sewing machine, but I've also embraced new technology. The iPad is what did it for me - it's extraordinary.”

Stills Technology Nice Machines Extraordinary Mixtures Tangible Cds New Technology Ipods Ipads Sewing Old And New

Author:Twiggy

“We are marching against the law of the jungle that the United States and its acolytes old and new want to impose on the world.”

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Author:Jose Saramago

“If the Old and New Testament teach us anything, they teach us that nothing is too difficult for God. What he originates, he orchestrates.”

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Book:Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision

Source: Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision

“The product of mathematics is clarity and understanding. Not theorems, by themselves. ... In short, mathematics only exists in a living community of mathematicians that spreads understanding and breathes life into ideas both old and new.”

Ideas Understanding Community Products Mathematics Spread Math Breathe Clarity Mathematician Theorems Old And New

Author:William Thurston

“Let the gentleman go to Revelation to learn the decree of God - let him go to the Bible. . . . I said that slavery was sanctioned in the Bible, authorized, regulated, and recognized from Genesis to Revelation. . . . Slavery existed then in the earliest ages, and among the chosen people of God; and in Revelation we are told that it shall exist till the end of time shall come. You find it in the Old and New Testaments - in the prophecies, psalms, and the epistles of Paul; you find it recognized - sanctioned everywhere.”

People Said Ends Age Religion Slavery Slave Chosen Gentleman Revelations Prophecy Testament End Times New Testament Genesis Decree Psalms Old And New Let Him Go Till The End

Author:Jefferson Davis

“Going to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded by strangers, I think is the core of what it means to live a civilised life.”

Thinking Mean Pleasure Eating Wine Meetings Stranger Core Restaurants New Friends Civilised Eating Food Old And New Meeting New Friends

Author:Adam Gopnik

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