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Who would believe that so small a space could contain the images of all the universe? — Leonardo da Vinci
We mythologists know very well that myths and legends contain borrowings, moral lessons, nature cycles, and a hundred other distorting influences, and we labor to… — Isaac Asimov
Strange that mankind should ever have used the mushroom. All the various species of this substance are of a leathery consistence, and contain but little… — William Alcott
No sentence can be effective if it contains facts alone. It must also contain emotion, image, logic, and promise. — Eugene Schwartz
Protect everything, detect everything, contain everything - obsessional society. Save time. Save money. Save our souls - phobic society. Low tar. Low energy. Low calories.… — Jean Baudrillard
I have devoted 30 years of research to how creative people live and work, to make more understandable the mysterious process by which they come… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Any random group of thirty Vietnamese women will contain a dozen who make Julia Roberts look like Lyle Lovett. — P.J. O'Rourke
When my mother left me waiting for her, [she] established in me the habit of waiting and expectation which makes any present moment most significant… — Marilynne Robinson
There should be a period of time during each practice session when you perform. Invite some friends in to your practice room and play a… — Arnold Jacobs
A book should contain pure discoveries, glimpses of terra firma, though by shipwrecked mariners, and not the art of navigation by those who have never… — Henry David Thoreau
The buildings that I build very often have a dreamlike reality. I don't mean by that they have a fantasy quality at all, in fact… — Christopher Alexander
Enter each day with the expectation that the happenings of the day may contain a clandestine message addressed to you personally. Expect omens, epiphanies, casual… — Sam Keen
I do love fish, and I thought it was healthy without understanding the high mercury levels that fish like tuna, swordfish and halibut can contain. — Penny Lancaster
The reason I call myself a documentary photographer is the idea of how photographs contain and participate in history. — Catherine Opie
The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths. Genius rapidly traverses the… — Giuseppe Mazzini
Their pitiless ideology only survives because it is maintained by force. But the day comes when the anger and frustration of the people is so… — Margaret Thatcher
We will have to learn to lead people rather then to contain them. — Peter Drucker
The history of man for the nine months preceding his birth would, probably, be far more interesting and contain events of greater moment than all… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
But before all else a work of art is the creation of love. Love for the subject first and for the medium second. Love is… — Eliot Porter
It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. — Henry David Thoreau

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