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subordinated to the concept of rational purpose and destiny
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But rational thought says … and what else could it be?
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Wrapped as I was in the cotton wool of solitary confinement, unable as I was to express any of my thoughts in concrete form or to engage in conjecture with another rational human being, nonetheless I spent hours imagining faces and clothes and names to accompany the hollow tapping sounds in the night
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With what remains of my rational mind, I bewail the fact that I had hoped that I had left this … this black curse behind when I came across … that it was linked to the migraine I suffered … but it would appear not
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Miles into the abyss I was slipping in between different realities, all of them nonsensical but some much more rational than others
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I began to gather rational, coherent thoughts again and I started to make friends
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I was too furious to be rational
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water, but recovered his sense of cold, rational, Holmesian
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would in any rational time be considered by sound people to be a very
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‘Where does rational come into it? You tell me what’s rational about the fact that I can’t think straight when you look at me with that look in your eyes?’
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Then, as a warbler she couldn’t see sounded a succession of clear notes, much as a herald announcing the entry of a long-awaited personage, rational thought re-asserted itself … the treacherous tussocks became nothing but grass again and the world fell back into balance
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He appreciated that the scotsman had a rational approach to organizing his necessary paperwork
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If Billy is going to walk in melodic silence he doesn't want the moment ruined by a rational prick in a cheap suit shouting at him from an upstairs window
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But he was a long way from rational thought
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"How did you get here?" She was too stunned by this apparition to say something rational, her startled instinct had taken over
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Sometimes there is no rational
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So how much did he want to anger her? How much did it matter to him that she change her mind? He must try to remain rational and not rave
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became less and less rational, in spite of the
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did when he did not succeeded in keeping a rational
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rational, logical, proved to be only the product of our
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Or had he resigned himself to the jury’s condemnation, despite his innocence? Most likely, he was no longer capable of rational thought
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with communist ideas, hostile to any rational
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Most often they would then be seen to be falling over themselves or scampering off in a frightened, zigzagging, chaotic getaway, with the shock of a huge and sudden adrenaline release causing them to lose total control of their wits and any semblance of rational behavior
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unfamiliar with this topic, it simply means giving a rational defense of the faith
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Still, what seemed like a rational deduction to her was hardly a thought process for Mercer now
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You are ignoring your intellect and rational thinking
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You are trying to remain rational and objective by separating your emotions
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It seeks to hold your entire attention and trap you in the comforting illusion of a rational universe, when the real universe is irrational
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It limits you to what the rational allows, and denies you the power of the irrational
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Using these practices, we can experience something that is beyond the limits of the human mind, and beyond the rational
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This sense of completeness comes, in large part, from releasing the hold that the limited rational mind has on you
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Without a doubt, the core of your being is not rational, and you are beyond human understanding
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Masters do not teach in logical sentences because novices would then try to process those words in their rational minds
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These are questions or statements that one cannot understand rationally, therefore forcing the practitioner to push beyond rational thought to experience the answer
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The system of normalization of frost resistance offered by us according to which number of cycles of freezing and thawing (F) of laboratory specimens is not given; a class of frost resistance of concrete is more rational
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Application of the “modified cement-water ratio” is rational and useful in particular for the concrete mixtures design with the limited or small amount of cement at adding of mineral admixtures
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Everything does happen for a higher reason, though our rational mind may not be privy to it
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What would she make of his mad exploit? He didn’t think he could even give a rational explanation
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Something different about him, although any rational analysis of it eluded her
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” she explained, somehow making it sound almost rational
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For a moment she felt like she was betraying a trust, until a more rational overview once more held sway
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The torpor of his mind renders him not only incapable of relishing or bearing a part in any rational conversation, but of conceiving any generous, noble, or tender sentiment, and consequently of forming any just judgment concerning many even of the ordinary duties of private life
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The teachers of each little sect, finding themselves almost alone, would be obliged to respect those of almost every other sect; and the concessions which they would mutually find in both convenient and agreeable to make one to another, might in time, probably reduce the doctrine of the greater part of them to that pure and rational religion, free from every mixture of absurdity, imposture, or fanaticism, such as wise men have, in all ages of the world, wished to see established ; but such as positive law has, perhaps, never yet established, and probably never will establish in any country ; because, with regard to religion, positive law always has been, and probably always will be, more or less influenced by popular superstition and enthusiasm
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Some rational aspect of his head had, on
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and zeros, what did it matter if he wanted to sleep with Sharon? It was hard to stay rational, but he did his best
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rational sense as an adolescent with a hard-on
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rational day and was headed: LOVE
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never produced a rational plan to defend against Confederate
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The rational side of me understands that letting go when you’re not ready is a part of life; it’s the irrational side that rescued that little kitten and rejoiced in giving him a home and now mourns his absence
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No rational person can be persuaded that a philosopher suffering a toothache has a disconnect between his mind and his body
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" No rational expectation of a just return on investment? Then, no investment
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Erudition is, in any rational world, the substance of an intellectual investigation into the world of ideas
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) In any rational universe, the consequences of such an interpretation means that is perfectly ok for a high school"s football team to bow their heads before a game
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Such a choice should not be excused, by any rational society
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Toran decided to do something he’d never have considered rational in his early days as director of news, certainly not when the prime factor had always been profit
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They were devastated, but they still had what they thought was a rational plan
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And I suppose I need someone at least partially rational to explain to me how property rights can be in conflict with civil rights
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If he had listened to the voices telling him that the war was over and exercised some rational judgment, he would have
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Hadn’t it before? Then maybe this desire is a rational consideration merely hidden in the accruing complexity, the chaos that would eventually order itself into a clear payoff
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This much abused word should be understood as rational self-interest, not as absolutely neglecting the rights of others
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Even when a soldier in combat throws himself on a grenade, thus committing suicide, he is doing so because he made a rational decision to protect the right of his fellow soldiers over his own
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He was so intrigued now, having calmed to her presence, though he hoped he could be rational again
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‘Why do you live here now?’ Came a rational question
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Yet the rational part of his mind still sought an explanation, accordingly
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I was petrified of what was laying in the box, after the first time that I saw Grandpa pull out a snake and toss it outside (look — I wasn’t a dumb kid… if some lunatic chicken and secret snake called that nesting box home, then I just couldn’t find a logical or rational reason for me to put my fragile little fingers inside of it
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A child‘s maturity level is determined in part by that child‘s (incipient) understanding of things that are factual or real (or possible) in contrast with ideas considered to be a product of wishful thinking or make-believe that are otherwise agreeable in themselves provided that the (rational) limits and conditions of the imagination are properly outlined
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That means rational planning
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Some questions are good rational questions that will lead us to good decisions
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Most of the collective is logical, rational, and
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Some fears are rational, however
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Engaging in irrational behavior in an environment that has ceased to be rational or ―normal‖ is considered rational whenever such behavioral patterns either conform or comply with the (otherwise) irrational standards of that environment
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The litany of abuses predicated in the name of free expression, or proxy ―decisions‖ made on behalf of others who are unable to make informed decisions, are understood by the hordes of mentally ill people roaming the streets, who should be otherwise institutionalized for their own safety, if not for the safety of our society, for that matter, who remain on the streets, unable to properly care for themselves, mandated by civil rights organizations fearful that their rights may be jeopardized, people otherwise incapable of making a rational assessment of their own condition; not to mention conferring legitimacy to sexual deviancy in all its varieties that many of us have casually resigned ourselves to as ―simply‖ alternative lifestyles or championing (equal) protection under the law, that, in some instances, should call for censorship, or implausible assumptions regarding the ―unborn,‖ (Abortion) remanding millions of innocents to an early grave, a convenience for women fretting over their figures or professional careers, abetted by spineless politicians, who for expediency sake, continue advancing legislation denying them (―unborn‖) their own inalienable right to choose, had they the means, or encouraging a culture of death (Euthanasia) for the convenience of (the) would-be custodians of the terminally ill or perhaps to (simply) reduce the increasing costs of Healthcare, or the legalization of drugs because that too is a convenient alternative for a number of individuals who have seemingly lost the will to rid our society of rampant drug abuse and therefore justify such (hare-brained) schemes from the vantage point of opportunity savings or reduced social costs, or movements to eliminate God from the public consciousness lest society be reminded of its sins or perhaps because many of us have (conveniently) chosen to become our own gods
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I felt the anger rising as my skin began to tingle, the hairs on my arms stood to attention as I felt the anxiety of my uncertain future and my failed past taking over my rational senses
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I have encountered a number of practicing Christians over the years who are (seemingly) unable to resolve religious ―questions‖ such as the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption or Transubstantiation, for example; considering such (doctrinal) propositions set forth by the church as operating outside the prescribing (rational) limits otherwise informed by Reason, who are unwilling to contest, however, the Incarnation, Resurrection and the Holy Trinity as matters of Faith
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The greatest (moral) ―tragedies‖ are oftentimes self-inflicted by individuals who choose to orchestrate their own disappointments by making ill-advised (decisions) without giving proper thought to the consequences of their actions, who are/were nevertheless capable of critically examining every aspect of such decisions; that is to say, their moral and rational dimensions, had they been properly inclined to do so and who, having suffered the unhappy effects of ―unexpected‖ outcomes, are wont to attribute their personal misfortunes to Chance rather than their own indomitable designs and indiscretions
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At best, planned intelligence may imitate the various forms or likeness however not the sameness of human intelligence that cultivates its own rational manners by inherent rather than exterior designs
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expanding in proportion to (spiritual) phenomena that becomes (increasingly) receptive to (intuitive) logic and reason, a refined (spiritual) awareness that neither compromises nor inhibits the One constant at once approachable however ―inaccessible‖ to the mind, a (seemingly) moving target within (the) reach of a receptive imagination however evading the limited scope of rational thought, whose mysteries eventually become apparent through a strengthening of Faith and Divine Trust, alone…
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Reason is subject to a variety of propositions, uncertain assumptions and questionable councils that oftentimes limit its ability to estimate things correctly or by passions likely to promote a corrupting influence on its ability to make rational decisions
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‖ Humankind‘s primitive condition was not the inevitable outcome of (essential) designs inasmuch as a starting point in Nature, rather, that would eventually launch its spiritual, moral and rational potential
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It provides food for rational thought grounded in Experience that, whenever properly applied, without prejudice or bias, grasps the Intuitive, as well
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Such opinions do not admit the possibility of rational thinking human beings capable of achieving a higher order of spiritual and intellectual awareness consonant with their (own) determined designs
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Most rational thinking individuals will agree that war is never a ―good‖ thing
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I always thought he was the most decent and rational person in the family
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I don’t know where that conviction came from, but no amount of rational thought could shake it
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It didn’t have to be a rational fear by that point
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Grunion couldn’t think of any rational message to leave them, so she hit the ‘end’ button
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Images of past horrors crowded my senses and blocked out any rational thinking
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Nice, simple, rational consideration, and they never got it until it was too late
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Never mind that no rational pilot jumps out of a plane without a good reason
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It was because of the tremendous pressure he was under in his bid for reelection while simultaneously off on one of his tangents about this Tweety-Bird cocaine that he had begun to accept violence as a tool: the rational thinking of a concerned friend could yet perhaps save him
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The off-handed way she dropped Patton’s name as if she were personally acquainted with him irritated Colling, and he had to remind himself that he was not being rational as he tried to answer in a level tone, “Sure
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Thought Awareness, Rational Thinking and Positive Thinking are simple tools that help you to change this negative way of thinking
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The final step is to prepare rational, positive thoughts and affirmations to counter any remaining negativity
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By basing your affirmations on the clear, rational assessments of facts that you made using Rational Thinking, you can use them to undo the damage that negative thinking may have
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Rational Thinking helps you to challenge these negative thoughts, and either learn from
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Thought Awareness, Rational Thinking and Positive Thinking
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“He is still very upset, which seems pretty rational
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“Suicide!” I cried at her with glee, “Suicide!” I was not mad, quite rational
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Try as he might, he could find no rational basis for it
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Rational Argyl, pragmatic Jade