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If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.

~Annie Proulx

Topics: Academy Academy Awards Attention Awards Based Independent Judging Looking Merit Next Next Year Pay Pay Attention Skip Smart Spirit Year You

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Historically, narratives of forgiveness were part of both the anti-slavery movement and the civil rights movement in America. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' for instance, was based loosely on the life of the Rev. Josiah Henson, who forgave his master that wanted to sell him and beat him after Henson begged him not to.

~Anthea Butler

Topics: After America Based Beat Both Cabin Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Forgiveness Him His Historically Instance Life Loosely Master Movement Narratives Part Rights Rights Movement Sell Tom Uncle Wanted Were Who

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While it is important that black women begin to receive the accolades and assistance they are due from the Democratic Party, they cannot be expected to continue to save white people from the poor choices they make - based not on moral values but party affiliation.

~Anthea Butler

Topics: Accolades Affiliation Assistance Based Begin Black Cannot Choices Continue Democratic Democratic Party Due Expected Important Make Moral Moral Values Party People Poor Receive Save Values While White Women

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Peace and security of our planet must be based on the collective action of all nations, not a few, however powerful they may be.

~Anthony Carmona

Topics: Action All Nations Based Collective Few However May Must Nations Our Our Planet Peace Planet Powerful Security

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'Research,' for me, is a big word that encompasses a lot of different activities, all of them based around curiosity. Research is traveling to places, or studying snowflakes with a magnifying glass, or excavating one's memories. Research is walking around Hamburg with a notebook.

~Anthony Doerr

Topics: Activities Around Based Big Curiosity Different Glass Hamburg Lot Magnifying Me Memories Notebook Places Research Studying Them Traveling Walking Word

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I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitment to other more constant values as to which there is general consensus.

~Anthony Kennedy

Topics: Based Commitment Consensus Constant General Judges Judicial More Neutrality Opposed Other Particular Philosophy Select Should Temperament Think Values Which

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My company in the U.S., Pratt Industries U.S.A., has grown from scratch to become a billion-dollar business based on recycling, as well as the largest Australian-owned employer of U.S. citizens.

~Anthony Pratt

Topics: Based Become Business Citizens Company Employer Grown Industries Largest Recycling Scratch Well

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With each decision of ours that takes from the People a question properly left to them - with each decision that is unabashedly based not on law, but on the 'reasoned judgment' of a bare majority of this Court - we move one step closer to being reminded of our impotence.

~Antonin Scalia

Topics: Bare Based Being Closer Court Decision Each Impotence Judgment Law Left Majority Move Our Ours People Properly Question Reminded Step Takes Them

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Consciousness, much like our feelings, is based on a representation of the body and how it changes when reacting to certain stimuli. Self-image would be unthinkable without this representation.

~Antonio Damasio

Topics: Based Body Certain Changes Consciousness Feelings How Like Much Our Reacting Representation Self-Image Stimuli Unthinkable Without Would

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When you are not part of an industry, your knowledge of that field is based on what you read and hear and on the stereotypes that are attached to it.

~Anushka Sharma

Topics: Attached Based Field Hear Industry Knowledge Part Read Stereotypes You Your

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