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" In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine. "

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" The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern. "

" In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities, 80 percent of the arms coming from the United States, millions of refugees, tens of thousands of people killed, hideous repression, that's international terror, and we can go on and on. "

" How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that interests me. "

" As you deal with more and more complex systems, it becomes harder and harder to find deep and interesting properties. "

" A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the U.S. "

" I did used to have nightmares about the idea that when I die, there is a spark of consciousness which basically creates the world. 'Is the world going to disappear if this spark of consciousness disappears? And how do I know it won't? How do I know there's anything there except what I'm conscious of?' "

" In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti - France and the United States - combined to back a military coup and send President Aristide off to Africa. The U.S. denies him permission to return to the entire region. "

" The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had even been launched. "

" The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful. "

" I haven't read Horowitz. I didn't used to read him when he was a Stalinist, and I don't read him today. "

" Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. "

" Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich. "

" My proposal happens to be very mainstream. "

" France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a 'third force,' independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course. "

" As for my own views, they've of course evolved over the years. This conception of 'renouncing beliefs' is very odd, as if we're in some kind of religious cult. I 'renounce beliefs' practically every time I think about the topics or find out what someone else is thinking. "

" Chinese military spending is carefully monitored by the United States. "

" Language is one component of the human cognitive capacity which happens to be fairly amenable to enquiry. So we know a good deal about that. "

" The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another. "

" I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven - that's none of my business, ultimately. I won't lecture her on the philosophy of science. "

" Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature. "

" Part of the population of Laos lives in urban centers, Vientiane being the largest. "

" Science, as everyone knows, is responsible, moderate, unsentimental, and otherwise good. "

" The close Turkish-Israeli relations go back to the late 1950s - military intelligence, commercial, more recently, tourism and cultural relations. "

" The many questions about the bombing of Yugoslavia by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - meaning primarily the United States - come down to two fundamental issues: 'What are the accepted and applicable 'rules of world order,' and how do these apply in the case of Kosovo?' "

" Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it. "

" It's a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided. "

" Social Security is based on a principle. It's based on the principle that you care about other people. You care whether the widow across town, a disabled widow, is going to be able to have food to eat. "

" No matter what engineering field you're in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it. "

" Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. "

" The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power. "