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Why I Am Not a Christian is a 1927 essay by the British philosopher Bertrand Russell hailed by The Independent as " devastating in its use of cold logic ", and listed in the New York Public Library's list of the most influential books of the 20th century.
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`` Why '', he went on, `` when Rob asked me if he could make his dive on this trip, I didn't think twice about it.
Why did I choose to fill these pages in this particular issue with this mixture of rather tenuous reflections and autobiography??
Offer her a cup of tea and she would say, `` Why, these cups look just like a set I gave to the Salvation Army last year ''.
Hand her a chair and she would say, `` Why, it's a nice imitation of those Queen Anne chairs I inherited from Grandmother Delancy ''.
Why it was ever forgotten for even a moment I cannot say because it works perfectly for everyone, no matter whether he has short or long thigh-bone lengths!!
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In the 20th century, the philosopher Bertrand Russell expressed his criticism of Christianity in Why I Am Not a Christian, formulating his rejection of Christianity in the setting of logical arguments.
Hayek wrote an essay, " Why I Am Not a Conservative " ( included as an appendix to The Constitution of Liberty ), in which he disparaged conservatism for its inability to adapt to changing human realities or to offer a positive political program, remarking, " Conservatism is only as good as what it conserves ".
His essay has served as an inspiration to other liberal-minded economists wishing to distinguish themselves from conservative thinkers, for example James M. Buchanan's essay " Why I, Too, Am Not a Conservative: The Normative Vision of Classical Liberalism ".
In the book Why I Am Still a Catholic: Essays in Faith and Perseverance by Peter Stanford, the television presenter Dermot O ' Leary describes his upbringing as " classic plastic paddy ", where he would be " bullied in a nice way " by his own cousins in Wexford for being English " until anyone else there called me English and then they would stick up for me.
* Why I, Too, Am Not a Conservative: The Normative Vision of Classical Liberalism ( Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar, 2005 )
The name came up in conversation with the novelist John Clellon Holmes who published an early Beat Generation novel, Go ( 1952 ), along with a manifesto in The New York Times Magazine: " This Is the Beat Generation " In 1954, Nolan Miller published his third novel, Why I Am So Beat ( Putnam ), detailing the weekend parties of four students.
It was on Epic that the Staple Singers began moving into mainstream pop markets, with " Why ( Am I Treated So Bad )" and " For What It's Worth " ( Stephen Stills ) in 1967.
In 1963, Parker appeared in the NBC medical drama about psychiatry The Eleventh Hour in the episode " Why Am I Grown So Cold?
In 1902 she published another article in Atlantic Monthly, volume 90, entitled, " Why I Am a Pagan ".
She was featured on India. Arie's song " I Am Not My Hair " from the Lifetime Television film Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy.
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