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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A bunch of little green men. ↗

— Tom DeLonge

#best #bunch #cerebral #close #encounters

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them. ↗

— Stephan Jenkins

#create #encounter #literature #minds #moments

I've always been relatively reserved with my social encounters. ↗

— Ryan Kwanten

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Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive. ↗

— Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

#counterproductive #forever #go #goes #something

People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life. ↗

— Pete Rozelle

#american life #because #cases #court #court cases

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

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One of the great intellectual failures of the American intelligence community, and especially the counterterrorism community, is to assume if someone hasn't attacked us, it's because he can't or because we've defeated him. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

#assume #attacked #because #community #counterterrorism

While the meeting I participated in turned out to be a ruse, I made statements during the course of the meeting that are counter to NPR's values and also not reflective of my own beliefs. I offer my sincere apology to those I offended. ↗

— Ron Schiller

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