"The law for religious freedom... [has]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind."
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"It is wonderful to me that old men should not be sensible that their minds keep pace with their bodies in the progress of decay."
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"Sensibility of mind is indeed the parent of every virtue, but it is the parent of much misery, too."
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"...It is impossible, I say, for the human mind not to believe that there is in all this design, cause, and effect up to an Ultimate Cause-a Fabricator of all things, from matter and motion-their Preserver and Regulator while permitted to exist in their present forms-and their Regenerator into new and other forms."
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"The Christian religion, when divested of the rags in which they [the clergy] have enveloped it, and brought to the original purity and simplicity of it's benevolent institutor, is a religion of all others most friendly to liberty, science, and the freest expansion of the human mind."
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"This formidable censor of the public functionaries [the press], by arraigning them at the tribunal of public opinion, produces reform peaceably, which must otherwise be done by revolution. It is also the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man and improving him as a rational, moral, and social being."
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"The level of acting that I bring to films in three dimensions. I hope they make people sign some kind of waiver because if their mind explodes from my acting in 3D, it's not my fault."
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"I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility."
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"Imprisonment of the body is bitter; imprisonment of the mind is worse"
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"For me certainly Earl Campbell and Tony Dorsett come to mind, and Roger Staubach. I've grown up here in Dallas watching Roger and his playing career and to be in the same fraternity as Roger Staubach is/was a huge deal for me."
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"No matter what meditation technique you use, just let the mind slow down and begin to explore its internal surroundings."
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"There is a common misunderstanding that during meditation the mind should never engage in processing thoughts. It is okay in meditation for the mind to move into many different directions, while at the same time attempting to return to a centered, relaxed state of mind."
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"The Internet, you know, 10 or 15 years ago sort of felt like the wild West. You could go out there and do anything and search for things, and, you know, find out about stuff. Now always in the back of my mind, you know, whether it's email or whatever else, it's like, well, is this going to show up somewhere? Is someone going to keep track of this and, you know, know I was searching for - maybe it's an embarrassing disease, maybe it's a weird hobby?"
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"I like to just have fun and be silly and say pretty much whatever comes into my mind, do pretty much whatever I want."
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"I don't think anybody's mind's gonna be changed."
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"The enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind."
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"A lot of my work comes from what in Asia is called the 'mind of wonder.' There is not a lot of 'mind of wonder' writing in contemporary Western literature. I think that's what appeals to the readers who are my fans."
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"A child's mind is its living room; it's is going to be residing there for the rest of its earthly existence."
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"And what would our ideas of God, of religion, be like if they had come to us through the minds of women? Ever think of that?"
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"The waist is a terrible thing to mind."
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