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When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that identify him,…
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Animals, even plants, lie to each other all the time, and we could restrict the research to them, putting off the real…
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The human brain is the most public organ on the face of the earth, open to everything, sending out messages to everything.…
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I cannot think of a single field in biology or medicine in which we can claim genuine understanding, and it seems to…
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Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of a cat…
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I am entitled to say, if I like, that awareness exists in all the individual creatures on the planet-worms, sea urchins, gnats,…
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I do not understand modern physics at all, but my colleagues who know a lot about the physics of very small things,…
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It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be…
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Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But…
— Gerard Arpey
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You can't invent Google, Facebook or the iPod unless you've mastered the basics, are willing to put in long hours and can…
— Amy Chua
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Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch…
— Pat Riley
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lean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floor, all of these things should constitute a…
— Paul Farmer
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That's the classic nature of people, though. We'll skip the basics and get pissed when the sexy stuff doesn't work.
— Martyn Rooney
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After you have the basics down it's all mental.
— Ken Venturi
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In your training, do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum of ten years to master the basics and…
— Morihei Ueshiba
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Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life...trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour…
— George A. Sheehan
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