#prominent

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

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In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature. ↗

— James Payn

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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

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All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do so. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

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In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly of throwing mud until it sticks. One prominent blogger described the elements of a textbook Rovian race as fear-based, smear-based and anything goes. ↗

— Karl Rove

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The successes of the LGBT civil rights movement and the more prominent role openly gay people are playing in the public eye has actually turned up the temperature in middle schools and high schools for queer kids. ↗

— Dan Savage

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Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists. ↗

— Hu Shih

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Many of the master chefs in the South, both the upper South as well as the deep South, were blacks and many of those people came here to Washington, D.C., and opened up establishments. Very, very few of them have survived. But they certainly were very prominent. ↗

— Ed Smith

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