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Proposition one: time is a man, space is a woman. -- Angela Carter
Proposition IX. Radiant light consists in Undulations of the Luminiferous Ether. -- Thomas Young
The Broad research center represents the highest quality model of what Proposition 71 should be funding. -- Robert Klein
Proposition VIII. When two Undulations, from different Origins, coincide either perfectly or very nearly in Direction, their joint effect is a Combination of the Motions belonging to each. -- Thomas Young
What is your Unique Selling Proposition? What makes you different than your competitors? Wrap your advertising message around that USP and communicate it in a clear and concise manner. -- Lynda Resnick
When Proposition 8 passed in California, some were quick to blame minority voters, some of whom had voted for both President Obama and Proposition 8; however, these claims were later debunked as being overstated. -- Christine Pelosi
California's Proposition 37, which would require that genetically modified (G.M.) foods carry a label, has the potential to do just that - to change the politics of food not just in California but nationally too. -- Michael Pollan
A lot of issues were on the ballots. In New York City there was Proposition 14. That would put a ceiling on the number of late-night talk shows. And California passed Proposition 21. That would change guacamole officially to guac. -- David Letterman
Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and legitimized public discourse about marijuana and marijuana policy in ways I could not have imagined a year ago. -- George Soros
Despite all the wonderful advances that have been made, it's still dangerous for an actor to talk about that in our extremely misguided culture. Look at what happened in California with Proposition 8. Please, don't pretend that we're suddenly all wonderfully, blissfully accepted. -- Richard Chamberlain
Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage licence. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. -- Vaughn Walker
Passing Proposition 8 did not stop LGBTQ couples from going to sleep that night with their partners. What it did accomplish, however, was remind the gay community once again that they are not looked at as equals, that the God of so many does not love them. -- Timothy Kurek
At the end of the day, the true value proposition of education is employment. -- Sebastian Thrun
To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness. -- Edmund Husserl
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. -- H. Allen Smith
I think there is often a 'what if' proposition that gets me thinking about all my novels. -- John Irving
Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all. -- George M. Cohan
You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it. -- Nathaniel Hawthorne
I'm always very stressed about making a new proposition every season. But in a way, it's a kind of addiction. -- Nicolas Ghesquiere
Microcredit has shown how you can reach out to people that conventional banking cannot. It has demonstrated that it's a doable proposition. -- Muhammad Yunus
If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot. -- Dean Smith
That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise. -- David Hume
One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. -- John Locke
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. -- Abraham Lincoln
The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society. -- Roy Hattersley
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. -- Adlai E. Stevenson
The system becomes logically closed when each of the logical implications which can be derived from any one proposition within the system finds its statement in another proposition in the same system. -- Talcott Parsons
The fundamental proposition of the apriorist theory is that knowledge is made up of two sorts of elements, which cannot be reduced into one another, and which are like two distinct layers superimposed one upon the other. -- Emile Durkheim
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It goes without saying that the Jewish people can have no other goal than Palestine and that, whatever the fate of the proposition may be, our attitude toward the land of our fathers is and shall remain unchangeable. -- Theodor Herzl
What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid consideration. And you have now expressed the conclusion to which you have arrived, clearly and distinctly. -- Salmon P. Chase
It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain. -- Pierre de Fermat
For a kid, self-esteem can be as close at hand as a sports victory or a sense of belonging in a peer group. It's a much more complicated and elusive proposition for adults, subject to the responsibilities and vicissitudes of grown-up life. -- Meghan Daum
Only if we accept the proposition that the state of Israel is the exclusive and legitimate representative of the Jewish people would a movement calling for divestment, sanctions and boycott against that state be understood as directed against the Jewish people as a whole. -- Judith Butler
I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer confidence as an excuse. We must maintain a value proposition to our customers as well as differentiate the Starbucks Experience. That is the key. -- Howard Schultz
Building a robot that has legs and walks around is a very expensive proposition. Mother Nature has created many wonderful things, but one thing we do have that nature doesn't is the wheel, a continuous rotating joint, and tracks, so we need to make use of inventions to make things simpler. -- Colin Angle
As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem. -- Naveen Jain
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. -- Thomas B. Macaulay
The above proposition is occasionally useful. -- Bertrand Russell
Transportation spending is a win-win proposition. -- Tim Bishop
True love has always been a two-way proposition. -- Jon Jones
Administering another country is always a very tricky proposition. -- Juan Cole
I'd say pot has been a break-even proposition for me. -- George Carlin
Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition. -- Itzhak Perlman
A tautology's truth is certain, a proposition's possible, a contradiction's impossible. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Bigotry is an incapacity to conceive seriously the alternative to a proposition. -- G.K. Chesterton
Love is seldomâ??almost neverâ??an even proposition. Someone always loves more. -- Emily Giffin
The heterosexuality or homosexuality of many individuals is not an all-or-none proposition. -- Alfred Kinsey
Life never tires of testing the proposition that life must go on. -- Robert Breault
Bigotry is an incapacity to conceive seriously the alternative to a proposition. -- G.K. Chesterton
Reversing a proposition rearranges its terms, but still keeps out new terms. -- Mason Cooley
It means nothing to be open to a proposition we don't understand. -- Carl Sagan
For some, reassessing concepts about truth and reality can be a scary proposition. -- Mark Ireland
There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory. -- Kenneth R. Miller
There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory -- Kenneth R. Miller
The proposition that economist Ludwig von Mises was a feminist is an apodictic impossibility. -- Ilana Mercer
It is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true. -- Alfred North Whitehead
If you cannot state a proposition clearly and unambiguously, you do not understand it. -- Milton Friedman
At the end of the day, the true value proposition of education is employment, -- Sebastian Thrun
There are some men who in a fifty-fifty proposition insist on getting the hyphen too. -- Laurence J. Peter
We should pledge ourselves to the proposition that the irresponsible life is not worth living. -- Thomas Szasz
Education can not be conferred. Whether in school or out, learning is a do-it-yourself proposition. -- Wheeler McMillen
The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Our marriage has always been a 50-50 proposition - with the possible exception of closet space. -- Gene Perret
You need to simplify the value proposition in the company's metrics for success on a whiteboard. -- Keith Rabois
The long-term value proposition for cellphone companies isn't just voice conversation - it's transfer of data. -- Gary Kovacs
I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain. -- Steig Larsson
Communism starts with the proposition that there are no universal truths or general truths of human nature. -- Richard M. Nixon
In fact I thought life was pretty much a losing proposition, and I didn't mind saying so. -- Richard Hell
A theorem is a proposition which is a strict logical consequence of certain definitions and other propositions -- Anatol Rapoport
The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That's the easiest way to put it. -- Bob Dole
Marriage isn't a 50-50 proposition very often. It's more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next. -- Billie Jean King
It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true -- Bertrand Russell
The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution. -- Gary L. Francione
Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie! -- John Lydon
Ain't only three things to gambling: knowing the 60-40 end of the proposition, money management, and knowing yourself. -- Puggy Pearson
Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at. -- Maggie Grace
It's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse. It's the politics of contraband, it's the smuggler's blues. -- Glenn Frey
It is fairly clear that many of the arguments against proposition testing are really arguments against propositions themselves. -- Stephen King
A propositional sign, applied and thought out, is a thought. A thought is a proposition with a sense. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
In a mathematical proposition, for example, the objectivity is given, but therefore its truth is also an indifferent truth. -- Soren Kierkegaard
Truth exists. The sole purpose of this proposition is to assert the existence of truth against imbeciles and sceptics. -- Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
Philosophy rests on a proposition that whatever is is right. Preaching begins by assuming that whatever is is wrong. -- Elbert Hubbard
This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: At the time, no one knew what was coming. -- Haruki Murakami
Consistent alignment of capabilities and internal processes with the customer value proposition is the core of any strategy execution. -- Robert S. Kaplan
This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: 'At the time, no one knew what was coming. -- Haruki Murakami
I expect to fight that proposition until hell freezes over. Then I propose to start fighting on the ice. -- Russell B. Long
Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition, but the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency. -- Bob Dylan
We must be willing to be guided of God, not merely now and then, but as a life proposition. -- E. Stanley Jones
Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it mustï»¿ be the only solution. -- Raymond E. Feist
Once you attach your personality to a proposition, people start reacting to the personality and stop reacting to the proposition. -- Harvey Mackay
We can no longer assert any single proposition, unless we guard ourselves by enumerating countless conditions which must be assumed. -- Aleister Crowley
In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated. -- Phillip E. Johnson
In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated." -- Phillip E. Johnson
I firmly disbelieve in death. A spirit never dies. Where it wanders when it leaves the flesh, is a cognitive proposition. -- Kellie Elmore
Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it. -- Gertrude Stein
You know, I have never had a casting couch proposition in my life. I thought there was something wrong with me. -- Shirley MacLaine
Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father. -- Sitting Bull
Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn't understand either men or percentages. -- Florynce Kennedy
Cultivating your value proposition in life is the way to move forward. You are the raw material of your own destiny. -- Bryant H. McGill
[In many circumstances,] the most important thing about a proposition is not that it be true, but that it be interesting. -- Alfred North Whitehead
To hope for a true change of human life without a change of human nature is an irrational and unspiritual proposition. -- Sri Aurobindo
It's a tiresome proposition, having to take up the work of the Enlightenment all over again, but it's happened on your watch. -- Rebecca Goldstein
What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal-I do not like your face, M. Ratchett. -- Agatha Christie
Whoever said Marriage is a 50-50 proposition laid the foundation for more divorce fees than any other short sentence in our language -- Austin Elliot
Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer. -- John Locke
Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law. -- Erwin Griswold
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. -- Aldous Huxley
If you ask Americans whether they've been successful at sealing the border with Mexico, they'll tell you that it's a very difficult proposition. -- Bashar al-Assad
I always said marriage should be a fifty-fifty proposition. He should be at least fifty years old, and have at least fifty-million dollars. -- Zsa Zsa Gabor
Geometry in every proposition speaks a language which experience never dares to utter; and indeed of which she but halfway comprehends the meaning. -- William Whewell
You make an open-ended proposition and the audience completes it somehow. Thatâ??s what you hope an artwork to be-a constantly living thing. -- Cornelia Parker
Surely the experience of all good men confirms the proposition that without a due measure of private devotions the soul will grow lean. -- William Wilberforce
I am led to the proposition that there is no fiction or nonfiction as we commonly understand the distinction: there is only narrative. -- E. L. Doctorow
Gun Owners of America is a lobby group dedicated to the proposition that the National Rifle Association is a bunch of accommodationist sissies. -- Timothy Noah
I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon. -- David Starkey
The Republican Party and the conservative movement cannot unify around a single proposition, and the Democrats easily do. They have total contempt for us. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
The Republican Party and the conservative movement cannot unify around a single proposition, and the Democrats easily do. They have total contempt for us. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
The graphic emphasis placed on those first lines is rather hard to square with the proposition that the monument expresses no particular religious preference. -- John Paul Stevens
A proposition is completely logically analyzed if its grammar is made completely clear: no matter what idiom it may be written or expressed in... -- Ludwig Wittgenstein

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