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| 42c8d35 | The Likert scale. Respondents are asked to choose where they fall on a range of possible feelings about a thing, generally in the form of "strongly dislike," "dislike," "strongly like," "strongly disagree," and "strongly agree." Multiple choice. Respondents are asked to pick from mutually exclusive sets, such as "Republican, Democrat, Independent, other." Rank order. Respondents are asked to rank order several items. Example: "Rank the foll.. | Douglas W. Hubbard | ||
| 4469546 | We attribute the problems of our children to liberalism, conservatism, godlessness, godfulness, evolutionism, creationism-anything that seems to make sense, except the quiet notion that contemporary parenting is a complex set of learned skills, many of which seem counterintuitive to us. It's not religion and it sure ain't politics. And it can be learned from good and bad sources, so we must constantly question and upgrade our learning. | Michael J. Bradley | ||
| a4cf6b0 | Ich bin eben kein Erzahler wie du. | Benjamin Lebert | ||
| da62c78 | Immer wenn ich traurig bin versuche ich an Fotoalben zu denken. Immer wenn ich daran zweifle, ob es gut, dass ich existiere, dann blattere ich in meinem Geiste all die Fotoalben durch, Fotoalben verschiedenster Menschen aus verschiedensten Landern, in denen zufallig und ohne dass diese Menschen Notiz davon nehmen wurden, ein Foto klebt, auf dem ich zu sehen bin... | Benjamin Lebert | ||
| 49167ca | With their sinewy legs, lean flanks, and narrow muzzles, coyotes appear to be designed for speed and savage assault, and yet even as they face you down with a predatory gleam in their eyes, they have some of the appeal of dogs. Prairie wolves, some people call them, and although they lack most of the charm of wolves, they do have a puppylike quality because their feet are too big for their bodies and their ears are too big for their heads. | Dean R. Koontz | ||
| 7f57075 | worthless | Ron Rosenbaum | ||
| 5056100 | The price of fuel may have tipped the balance. | Ron Rosenbaum | ||
| bf2641e | THE ASHES ARE STILL WARM": THE SECOND HOLOCAUST, ISRAEL, AND THE MORALITY OF NUCLEAR RETALIATION" | Ron Rosenbaum | ||
| e2a0c7b | what would victory mean in a surprise attack? How disproportionate should the damage be between that caused by the attack and the retaliation? Should it be huge enough to intimidate the enemy into not retaliating at all? What ratio of missiles and warheads would ensure post-attack dominance? How to factor in the human factor in a post-attack blackmail situation--the choice the surviving hand on the nuclear football would make? What would th.. | Ron Rosenbaum | ||
| 5318735 | Lord, I hate being lulled into passivity and staying trapped when You are calling me to action. I will take responsibility for my life today and start turning my wishes into reality. Amen. | Joyce Meyer | ||
| 33d56b8 | Given for me to confirm I had removed the chip. The first at 1400 on Day 5312. The next at 1500 on Day 5313. If I failed to remove the chip by Day 5313, we would have no further interaction. | Blake Crouch | ||
| 4d24143 | That which separates man from his brother is evil and must be resisted. | Bayard Rustin | ||
| 88b4465 | It is always timely and virtuous to change-to take in all humility a new path. | Bayard Rustin | ||
| ccef983 | Everybody needed news. Everybody wanted news. News was known as 'hot'. It was a society of conversation so that rumour and gossip passed quickly through the streets. At times of more than usual excitement papers and pamphlets were dropped in the street and were eagerly snatched up and passed from hand to hand. Anonymous publications, without a printer's imprint, were widely circulated. One owner of a coffee-house trained his parrot to squaw.. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 9951c97 | It was a business that engaged a significant part of the nation; the wool was given to village women to comb and to spin before being sent to the weaver; to this day, an unmarried woman is known as a spinster. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 46886b7 | When the first sarsen stone was raised in the circle of Stonehenge, the land we | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 2d3c8c8 | It is characteristic of Dickens who, when he grasps the wrong end of the stick, never fails to belabour everyone in sight with it. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| ced267c | It was not simply the effect of an epigram but, rather, the product of a fertile mind and keen observation. Wit was the currency of the court of Charles II. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| ccfc656 | So on 6 February 1685, the new king, James II, ascended the throne in the face of sustained and organized opposition from Shaftesbury and the Whigs. He was fifty-two years of age and in vigorous health. He had already proved himself to be determined and decisive; he had remained faithful to his Catholic beliefs despite every attempt to persuade him otherwise. He was more resolute and more trustworthy than his brother, but he lacked Charles'.. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| d1639bf | A woman is a deep Ditch, said he, her House inclines to Death and her Paths unto the Devil | devil woman women | Peter Ackroyd | |
| d7d9302 | the Gulphe in which truth lies is bottomless and it will wash over whatever is thrown into it. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 3240111 | Una de las grandes maldiciones del genero humano es la de temer cuando no hay nada que temer, contesto. Este animo supersticioso y amigo de los presagios desarma los corazones de los hombres, ablanda su coraje y hace que ellos mismos atraigan las desgracias sobre sus cabezas. | human-wisdom | Peter Ackroyd | |
| c4c0087 | Well,' said Hawksmoor. 'It's a theory and a theory can do no harm. | science theory | Peter Ackroyd | |
| 4b6a6f7 | the writing of history is often another way of defining chaos. There is in fact a case for saying that human history, as it is generally described and understood, is the sum total of accident and unintended consequence. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| c9d8c20 | History is about longing and belonging. It is about the need for permanence and the perception of continuity. It concerns the atavistic desire to find deep sources of identity. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 871f995 | Everything grows out of the soil of contingent circumstance. Convenience, rather than the shibboleth of progress of evolution, is the agent of change. Error and misjudgment therefore play a large part in what we are pleased to call the 'development' of institutions. A body of uses and misuses then takes on the carapace of custom and becomes part of a tradition. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| ce74b33 | The cure for tonsillitis was inspired. 'Take a fat cat, skin it, draw out the guts and take the grease of a hedgehog and the fat of a bear ... All this crumble small and stuff the cat, roast it whole and gather the grease and anoint the patient therewith. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 2d6a34e | The root of narcissism lies in anxiety, and the fear of fragmentation, which may be assuaged by the sight of the reflection. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 070b771 | Ah,' Arthur cried out, 'I have never known one month of repose since I took up the crown. I have lost the key to contentment. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 3fb47c9 | The land was left vacant, and fewer men were available to defend it. So the Angles, and the Saxons, moved westward. Anglo-Saxon civilization was created by a pandemic. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 05d8bc1 | In the end the natives would be so mixed and mingled with the new settlers that the term Saxon or Angle ceased to have any meaning. All would become English. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| ab5e81d | The financial penalties for murder, for example, were graded according to the 'worth' of the victim. It was a harsh and divisive society, only made possible by the continuous exploitation of the unfree. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| f267906 | Chaplin left the Keystone studios on a Saturday night in December after cutting his last film, without bidding farewell to any of his erstwhile colleagues; he spent Sunday in his room at the Los Angeles Athletic Club and on the following day he turned up for work at the Essanay Studios in Niles, California. Of course, everyone at Keystone knew about his imminent departure, but he could not bring himself to make a speech or shake hands. He j.. | groups introversion personality | Peter Ackroyd | |
| 17374b4 | name for Manchester was Mamucio, after the | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 5b44977 | there are no haunted houses...only haunted people | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 39726f5 | Sexuality was a fluid, infinitely malleable and indefinite condition. It permeated the streets of London like the smell of pies and sweetmeats. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 17a01a0 | The body of Saint Mark, supposedly preserved in the basilica was the central point of the configuration between the ducal palace, the market, and the Arsenal. This was the sacred geometry of Venetian power. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 13538eb | Is there not something more glorious about making music than making war? | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 211318f | The quickness of his hand was determined by the quickness of his eye. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 7dea43c | Those who pursue the process of living are those who create the history | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| d21c973 | He could not bear to part with his paintings because they were an aspect of his being. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| b9742da | The writing of history is often another way of defining chaos. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 90f7d7b | It is one of the attributes of capitalist enterprise that an object is no longer significant for its essence but for its exchange value. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 6892ed3 | A large proportion of Venetians worked in the textile industry. There were the lace-makers, their eyesight ruined by their labour. Children, from the age of five, were enrolled in the trade. The exquisite refinement of the art, prized by the rich matrons of Europe, can be measured in human suffering. | Peter Ackroyd |