Instead of relying on a hodgepodge of pseudo-significant (or pseudo-scientific) results, we should have the discipline to recognize the ones we hold to be true, and recognize that the rest are currently assumptions we will have to later revisit.

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All those artistic and literary greats cavorting in a city that seems purpose-built to inspire how could they not create works we hold up as true art?

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In short, the battles that have been waged in the last week will ultimately help our wider connected culture both expose and figure out the principles that we hold to be true and valid, especially those concerning the role of women.

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Unfortunately, those beliefs were misapplied in this case, but we still hold the general principle to be true.

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We should get back together in a couple of months and see what we think, see how our predictions hold true.

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But if it is true then climate change stops being a looming diaster threatening all we hold dear and becomes instead just a minor background effect.

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"Many of us have grown up with Islwyn and Norman regard them as the elder statesmen of the choir and we hold them in high esteem, not just as first-class choristers but true gentlemen, " he added.

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Firms hold off raises when the economy is bad, so if the anti-immigration argument was true we would expect to see more green card applications during poor economic times.

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