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We are, first of all, not solitary creatures and second of all, we are deeply embedded in the lives of others. It's very easy to… — Nicholas A. Christakis
When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results is a resentment of life… — Tom Robbins
Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case… — Calvin Trillin
As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case… — Confucius
If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire… — Stephen Covey
"It's better to give than to receive." Let me put this as elegantly as possible: "What a crock!" That statement is total hogwash, and in… — T. Harv Eker
Man, no doubt, owes many other moral duties to his fellow men; such as to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, care… — Lysander Spooner
So the case stands, and under all the passion of the parties and the cries of battle lie the two chief moving causes of the… — Charles Dickens
There cannot be a good tax nor a just one; every tax rests its case on compulsion. — Frank Chodorov
Now when you cut a forest, an ancient forest in particular, you are not just removing a lot of big trees and a few birds… — E. O. Wilson
Science is dangerous. There is no question but that poison gas, genetic engineering, and nuclear weapons and power stations are terrifying. It may be that… — Isaac Asimov
As is well known the principle of virtual velocities transforms all statics into a mathematical assignment, and by D'Alembert's principle for dynamics, the latter is… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Thought experiment is in any case a necessary precondition for physical experiment. Every experimenter and inventor must have the planned arrangement in his head before… — Ernst Mach
Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet, and the vapour does not form salt water when it condenses again. This I know by… — Aristotle
If Watson and I had not discovered the [DNA] structure, instead of being revealed with a flourish it would have trickled out and that its… — Francis Crick
[In the case of research director, Willis R. Whitney, whose style was to give talented investigators as much freedom as possible, you may define "serendipity"… — Irving Langmuir
The development of mathematics toward greater precision has led, as is well known, to the formalization of large tracts of it, so that one can… — Kurt GÃ¶del
History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances. — Will Durant
When I have a particular case in hand, I have that motive and feel an interest in the case, feel an interest in ferreting out… — Abraham Lincoln
I dared not trust the case on the presumption that the court knows everything. In fact, I argued it on the presumption that the court… — Abraham Lincoln

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