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In a system that disproportionately harms poor people and people of color, too many Americans have lost faith in the essential American principle of equal justice under law.

~Eric Schneiderman

Topics: American Color Equal Essential Faith Justice Law Lost Many People Poor Poor People Principle System Too

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Anyone who believes in the essential role government can play in improving people's lives must also be the toughest critics of those who abuse the public trust.

~Eric Schneiderman

Topics: Abuse Also Anyone Believes Critics Essential Government Improving Lives Must People Play Public Role Those Toughest Trust Who

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I think one of the things that is essential for happiness in life, or at least for non-sadness, is producing something. I guess that's why I spend so much time and agony writing books. But working on carpentry is sort of like all the pleasure with none of the agony.

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Agony Books Carpentry Essential Guess Happiness Least Life Like Much None One Of The Things Pleasure Producing So Much Time Something Sort Spend Things Think Time Why Working Writing I Think

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The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

~Ethel Percy Andrus

Topics: Contribution Essential Giving Human Ingredient Live Oneself Only Others Truly

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The mystery of being human and, certainly, of being a Catholic lies in our embracing together the imperfect state known as the human condition. First and foremost, if we could ever be perfect or do things perfectly, we would eliminate mystery, an essential ingredient in the good life and the spiritual life.

~Eugene Kennedy

Topics: Being Being Human Catholic Certainly Condition Could Eliminate Embracing Essential Ever First Foremost Good Good Life Human Human Condition Imperfect Ingredient Known Lies Life Mystery Our Perfect Perfectly Spiritual Spiritual Life State Things Together Would

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Herd immunity is, it turns out, not incredibly easy to understand. It took me quite a bit of reading before I fully grasped it. But understanding herd immunity is essential to understanding why we vaccinate the way we do.

~Eula Biss

Topics: Before Bit Easy Essential Fully Grasped Herd Immunity Incredibly Me Out Quite Quite A Bit Reading Took Turns Understand Understanding Way Why

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I'm not really keen on men wearing perfumes. It's just a bit wrong! I don't find it sexy. I prefer essential oils - patchouli is nice.

~Eva Green

Topics: Bit Essential Find Just Keen Men Nice Oils Prefer Really Sexy Wearing Wrong

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'Solutionism' for me is, above all, an unthinking pursuit of perfection - by means of technology - without coming to grips with the fact that imperfection is an essential feature of liberal democracy.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Above Coming Democracy Essential Fact Feature Grips Imperfection Liberal Me Means Perfection Pursuit Technology Without

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If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point.

~Ezra Pound

Topics: Before Being Error Errors Essential Establish Gets He Heretic Himself His Hold Individual Many Marginal Out Point Practiced Sees Some System Truth Worn

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I certainly feel that the time is not far distant when a knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential part of one's education. Then mankind will eat to live, be able to do better mental and physical work and disease will be less frequent.

~Fannie Farmer

Topics: Able Better Certainly Diet Disease Distant Eat Education Essential Essential Part Far Feel Frequent Knowledge Less Live Mankind Mental Part Physical Principles Then Time Will Work

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