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The funny thing is, I sometimes get the impression that some people outside of the field think that there's some element of security that we have in working on a theory that hasn't made any predictions that can be proven false. In a sense, we're working on something unfalsifiable.

~Brian Greene

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The implication is that this basic idea we have that we are controlled by our genes is false. It's an idea that turns us into victims. I'm saying we are the creators of our situation. The genes are merely the blueprints. We are the contractors, and we can adjust those blueprints. And we can even rewrite them.

~Bruce Lipton

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Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?

~C. S. Lewis

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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

~C. S. Lewis

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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.

~C. S. Lewis

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I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.

~Camille Claudel

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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.

~Campbell Brown

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You're never going to hear me say, 'Well, I've been critical of Obama five times, so now I need to be critical of McCain five times.' That is a false equivalence, and that's what I think is wrong with journalism.

~Campbell Brown

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When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false.

~Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

~Carl Von Clausewitz

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