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title: "3 Useful Practical Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Useful Practical quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Useful Practical sayings and thoughts."
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> [Be creative, be useful, be practical, be generous and finish big](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-genova/be-creative-be-useful-be-practical-be-generous-and-finish-big/)

[Lisa Genova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-genova/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/lisa-genova-9213_be-creative_be-creative-be-useful-be-practical-be-ge_417112.jpg)

> [Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-von-helmholtz/each-individual-fact-taken-by-itself-can-indeed-arouse-our-curiosity/)

[Hermann von Helmholtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-von-helmholtz/)

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> [A pattern is an idea that has been useful in one practical context and will probably be useful in others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-fowler/a-pattern-is-an-idea-that-has-been-useful-in-one-practical-context/)

[Martin Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-fowler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/martin-fowler-23964_has-beens_a-pattern-is-an-idea-that-has-been-usefu_2123802.jpg)

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