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«History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.»
«Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.»
Author: C. Wright Mills
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alternatives, first of all, formulate, formulated, formulates, formulating, Freedom of Choice, pleases
«I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different.»
Author: Glenn Hoddle
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alternatives
«Knowledge is not a series of self consistent theories that converges towards an ideal view; it is rather an ever increasing ocean of mutually incompatible (and perhaps even incommensurable) alternatives, each single theory, each fairy tale, each myth»
Author: Paul Feyerabend
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Knowledge,
Theory
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alternatives, consistent, converge, converged, converges, converging, fairy, fairy tale, incommensurable, incompatible, increasing, mutually, myth, self-consistent, series, tale, theories
«I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.»
Author: William Friedkin
(Film Director, Producer, Writer)
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Against A, alternatives, attracted, cope, examination, in terms of, options
«It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.»
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
(Pastor, Theologian)
| About:
Mankind
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alternatives, bring out, crucial
«It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.»
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
(Pastor, Theologian)
| About:
Excellence
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alternatives, characteristic, come to the fore, fore, issues, momentous
«Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
| About:
Ignorance
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alternatives, as an alternative, stemmed, stems
«As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole--the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration. We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.»
Author: Stephen R. Covey
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act on, alternatives, balanced, bordered, bordering, borders, border on, centered, come up, consideration, evaluate, evaluated, factors, implication, implications, involved, limitations, limited, options, push, push back, The Family, various
«Free Will does not say that everything that is physically conceivable is also morally possible. It merely says that of alternatives that really tempt our will more than one is really possible.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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alternatives, conceivable, free will, morally, physically, tempt
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