There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.
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There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
If you say, Well, OK, I don't believe in God. There's no evidence of God, then you're missing the stars in the sky and you're missing the sunrises and sunsets and you're missing the fact that bees pollinate all these crops and keep us alive and the way that everything seems to work together. Everything is sort of built in a way that to me suggests intelligent design.
We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell.
Android was built to be very, very secure.
There is but one fountain of comfort for a man drawing near to his end, and that is the Bible. ...All comfort from any other source is a house built upon sand.
Prayer alone will not make a happy life. A happy life must be built. You must act.
Temples are more than stone and mortar. They are filled with faith and fasting. They are built of trials and testimonies. They are sanctified by sacrifice and service.
The difference between architecture and building is that the former expresses an idea, while the latter is merely a structure built on economical principles. The value of matter depends solely on its capacities of expressing ideas.
When you were built to be tall, you will endanger your position if you lower your perspective
Our best built certainties are but sand-houses and subject to damage from any wind of doubt that blows
But tomorrow I see a change, a chance to build anew, built on Spirit, intent of heart, and ideas based on truth. Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong ideas of pride. I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.
We are a pluralist civilisation because we allow mosques to be built in our countries, and we are not going to stop simply because Christian missionaries are thrown into prison in Kabul. If we did so, we too would become Taliban.
Organizations are no longer built on force, but on trust.
If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.
We are not built for ourselves, but for God. Not for service for God, but for God.
Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.
Everything that happens to us has a blessing built into it.
America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I remind you of this because as you set out to live your own stories of success and achievement, it's now your turn to help keep it this way.
Meditation is a deliberate attempt to pierce into the higher states of consciousness and finally go beyond it. The art of meditation is the art of shifting the focus of attention to ever subtler levels, without losing one's grip on the levels left behind. (...) Save all your energies and time for breaking the wall your mind had built around you. Believe me, you will not regret.
We have to do that. We have to be thankful. That's what we said. Two things were told to us: To be thankful, so those are our ceremonies, ceremonies of thanksgiving. We built nations around it, and you can do that, too. And the other thing they said was enjoy life. That's a rule, a law- enjoy life- you're supposed to.
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