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Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed. ↗

— John Fiske

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I look forward to their convention and look forward to hearing the President talk about what he will do for the next four years. He hasn't done it up to this point. ↗

— Harold Ford

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I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual. ↗

— Luke Ford

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Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#cure #disease #great #great progress #medical

You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down. ↗

— Bill Gates

#capitalism #causes #diseases #done #down

Finding out exactly what went wrong is key toward preventing future debacles. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#finding #future #key #out #preventing

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure. ↗

— Robert Graves

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Since the intervention in Afghanistan, we suddenly began to notice when, in political discussions, we found ourselves only among Europeans or Israelis. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

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In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

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It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers. ↗

— Ian Hart

#convention #dads #desire #drama #fathers