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1 " I maintain that the human mystery is incredibly demeaned by scientific reductionism, with its claim in promissory materialism to account eventually for all of the spiritual world in terms of patterns of neuronal activity. This belief must be classed as a superstition.... we have to recognize that we are spiritual beings with souls existing in a spiritual world as well as material beings with bodies and brains existing in a material world. "
― John C. Eccles
2 " The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise. "
3 " Darkness grew where it would and took what it wanted. It staked its claim and never let go. And no one else could pry you free of it. "
― April Genevieve Tucholke , Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
4 " Maybe if she'd invited him into the forest all those years ago, things would have ended differently. But she doubted it. Darkness grew where it would and took what it wanted. It staked its claim and never let go.And no one could pry you free of it. "
5 " Sooner or later sin makes its claim on a person. "
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6 " The question of the relation between modernity and postmodernity revolves around the issue of 'legitimation.' Modernity, then, appeals to science to legitimate its claim - and by 'science' we simply mean the notion of a universal, autonomous reason. Science, then, is opposed to narrative, which attempts not to prove its claims but rather to proclaim them within a story. "
― James K.A. Smith , Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church (The Church and Postmodern Culture)
7 " The confrontation lasted about five minutes; then the display died out as quickly as it had begun, and everyone drank his fill of the muddy water. Honor had been satisfied; each group had staked its claim to its own territory. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , 2001: A Space Odyssey
8 " Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations. "
