According to the scientific naturalist version of cosmic history, nature is a permanently closed system of material effects that can never be influenced by something from outside - like God, for example. Phillip E. Johnson
I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music. Jai Rodriguez
We do not believe that the Marxist program, which embodies the continuity of the experience of the actual class struggle and real revolutions of the last one hundred and fifty years, is a definitely closed book. Ernest Mandel
Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I can see that. Lisa Kudrow
The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong! Mangosuthu Buthelezi
When they come to Europe, they are confronted by still closed borders. Thus, the concept of open borders is a very selective concept, one that is not taken seriously at all in the experience of non-Europeans. Ulrich Beck
Of the 55 refineries closed in America in the last 10 years, they were all closed for economic reasons, mostly oil company mergers. Not a single one was closed for environmental purposes or objections. Peter DeFazio
The road has had to be closed because of the seriousness of the accident and this is expected to bring traffic chaos as thousands of weekend travellers head back to Tokyo on Sunday afternoon.
And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else. Jim Cramer
Well, when they closed their League offices that was a sign that they cared no longer about Mr. Jabez Wilson's presence-in other words, that they had completed their tunnel.
