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The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce…

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[Norden] said, with the Mark 15 Norden bombsight, he could drop a bomb into a pickle barrel at 20,000 feet.
The issue isn't the accuracy of the bombs you have, it's how you use the bombs you have - and more importantly,…
Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You should be…
The people at the top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.
For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word capable of…
We vary greatly in the natural advantages that we've been given. The world's not fair
The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.
Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a…
Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It's…
Living a long life, the conventional wisdom at the time said, depended to a great extent on who we were-that is, our…
Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.
I've been in auditions without screens, and I can assure you that I was prejudiced. I began to listen with my eyes,…

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Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book… — Janet Morris
When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we… — Wyndham Lewis
The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel. — Charles P. Kindleberger
I guess after Dances With Wolves they probably tried some derivative westerns, and if they didn't work, they said the western is… — Tom Selleck
Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around. — Calista Flockhart
I really enjoyed the sort of real crazy, eclectic layering stuff and how it all worked together. I could tell it was… — Kid Koala
But just as much as it is easy to find the differential [derivative] of a given quantity, so it is difficult to… — Johann Bernoulli
In the fall of 1972, President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time… — Unknown Author
In the case of a meltdown, the regulatory authorities may find themselves obliged to step in to preserve the integrity of the… — George Soros
Morality is always derivative. It stems from one's worldview. — Nancy Pearcey
There's nothing terribly wrong with The November Man in a serviceable late-night cable TV sort of way but neither is there anything… — James Berardinelli
Who has not been amazed to learn that the function y = ex, like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, is… — Unknown Author

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