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  • Human reason can excuse any evil.

    Evil   Divergent   Excuse  
    Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Trilogy”, p.54, HarperCollins UK
  • It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at your bravest." --Four in Divergent

    Acting   Divergent   Four  
  • It must require bravery to be honest all the time.

    Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.38, Harper Collins
  • There are racial considerations too grave to be brushed aside for any sentimental reasons. Biological laws tell us that certain divergent people will not mix or blend. The Nordics propagate themselves successfully. With other races, the outcome shows deterioration on both sides. Quality of mind and body suggests that observance of ethnic law is as great a necessity to a nation as immigration law.

    Race   Law   People  
    "Whose Country Is This?", Good Housekeeping Magazine, February, 1921.
  • Indeed, the "whole bourgeoisie" on whose behalf the government was acting as its "committee" was a composite of a vast multitude of businessmen appearing as a conglomeration of many different and divergent groups and interests.

    Paul A. Baran (1968). “Political Econ of Growth”, p.93, NYU Press
  • We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.

    Alain De Botton (2008). “Status Anxiety”, p.9, Vintage
  • Cloud computing is actually a spectrum of things complementing one another and building on a foundation of sharing. Inherent dualities in the cloud computing phenomenon are spawning divergent strategies for cloud computing success. The public cloud, hybrid clouds, and private clouds now dot the landscape of IT based solutions. Because of that, the basic issues have moved from 'what is cloud' to 'how will cloud projects evolve'.

  • From your results I have determined that you are one of the strongest Divergent, which I say not to compliment you but to explain my purpose. If I am to develop a simulation that cannot be thwarted by the Divergent mind, I must study the strongest Divergent mind in order to shore up all weaknesses in the technology.

  • It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please, when you see an opportunity...ruin them

  • We are delighted to work with the Republican National Committee to build a conservative Congressional majority in 2014. They have a keen understanding for the need to bring together sometimes divergent groups with the common purpose of resurrecting a Reagan-like conservative coalition that appeals to all Americans with a message of hope, opportunity and the chance to achieve the American Dream.

  • Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.

    Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.51, Harper Collins
  • Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.

    Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.181, Penguin
  • Now there are three guys who directed "Twilight" films that had a gross of a gazillion dollars. All those "Hunger Games" guys, the "Divergent" guys. All those people. When they are looking for the next big director, they see they have a track record. So there's 20 people that spun off of "Twilight" that have more qualifications than any woman.

    Twilight   Games   People  
    Source: blogs.indiewire.com
  • Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

  • I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.

  • But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

    Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.46, Harper Collins
  • Anticipating attacks, I should like to emphasize that I do not subscribe to the myths propagated by enemies of Israel and I am not blaming Jews for anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism predates the birth of Israel. Neither Israel's policies nor the critics of those policies should be held responsible for anti-Semitism. At the same time, I do believe that attitudes toward Israel are influenced by Israel's policies, and attitudes toward the Jewish community are influenced by the pro-Israel lobby's success in suppressing divergent views.

    "On Israel, America and AIPAC" by George Soros, www.nybooks.com. April 12, 2007.
  • A true university can never rest upon the will of one man. A true university always rests upon the wills of many divergent-minded old men, who refuse to be disturbed, but who growl in their kennels.

    John Jay Chapman (1968). “The selected writings of John Jay Chapman”
  • Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it." (divergent pg.138)

    Gun   Hands   Divergent  
  • An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth.

    "Philanthropist Under Fire". BuzzFlash Interview, www.alternet.org. March 1, 2004.
  • I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.

    Air   Divergent   Feels  
  • People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be cruel. But they're wrong.

  • Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up

    "Divergent". www.imdb.com. 2014.
  • Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.

    Long   Divergent   Poison  
    "Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2011.
  • As the networks evolve, so do my opinions toward them, and my divergent feelings bring out conflicting points of view. In advance, I apologize to those who expect a consistent position from me.

  • We suppose that could be considered a hedged position for the awards committee, one that would never occur in the hard sciences such as physics and chemistry, where a prize shared among three with divergent views would be an embarrassing mistake or a bad joke. While a Nobel Prize might well be the culmination of a life’s work, shouldn’t the work accurately describe the real world?

    Real   Mistake   Awards  
  • While truth is ultimately convergent, beauty is ultimately divergent. No one can and no one should tell anyone else what that person should consider beautiful.

    Source: blogs.edweek.org
  • There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.

    Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.44, Harper Collins
  • I only came for Cake" -Tobias Eaton, Divergent

    Cake   Divergent   Tobias  
  • If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if you behave properly wit those holding divergent views from you or who criticize you, then you deserve to be credited with having an excellent character. (p. 99)

    Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (2014). “Spirit of Islam”, p.7, Goodword Books
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