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To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
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I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
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Numeracy: 1. The art of putting numbers to things, that is, assigning amounts to variables in order that practical decisions may be… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
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Imagine that you had discovered gold or oil on a certain property, and no one else knew about it. Can you see… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Music exists when rhythmic, melodic or harmonic order is deliberately created, and consciously listened to, and it is only language-using, self-conscious creatures… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
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The light for drawing from nature should come from the North in order that it may not vary. And if you have… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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Tunstell, this is your Alpha speaking. Do as I tell you. You must regurgitate now. Regurgitation is an involuntary action. You cannot… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
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Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do no labor at all, many of whom… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
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The semiology and phenomenology of hashtaggery intrigues me. From what I understand, it all began very simply: on Twitter, hashtags - those… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
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