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Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know. — Enrico Fermi
The shapes of letters do not derive their beauty from any sensual or sentimental reminiscences. No one can say that the Oâ€™s roundness appeals to… — Eric Gill
Faults in English prose derive not so much from lack of knowledge, intelligence or art as from lack of thought, patience or goodwill. — Robert Graves
You must linger among a limited number of master-thinkers, and digest their works, if you would derive ideas which shall win firm hold in your… — Seneca the Younger
If you've got short, stubby fingers and wear reading glasses, any relaxation you would normally derive from fly fishing is completely eliminated when you try… — Jack Ohman
Physiology seeks to derive the processes in our own nervous system from general physical forces, without considering whether these processes are or are not accompanied… — Wilhelm Wundt
One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt. — Dorothy Allison
You need a different checklist and different mental models for different companies. I can never make it easy by saying, 'Here are three things.' You… — Charlie Munger
I derive no pleasure from prosecuting a man, even though I know he's guilty; do you think I could sleep at night or look at… — Jim Garrison
We are not entirely sure of the meaning of all of the symbolic stones and their placement. Neither Joseph Smith nor Brigham Young said too… — Loren C. Dunn
The female, not the male, determines all the conditions of the animal family. Where the female can derive no benefit from association with the male,… — Robert Briffault
An axiomatic system establishes a reverberating relationship between what a mathematician assumes (the axioms) and what he or she can derive (the theorems). In the… — David Berlinski
At least half of my life's many mistakes can be safely put down to impetuosity: the other half derive from inertia. — Donald James
You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at least to derive them originally… — Moses Mendelssohn
We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven,… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
I believe that one of the great pleasures that we derive from voyaging is that of independence, and we have found that the best guarantee… — Annie Hill
Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves. — Akkineni Nagarjuna
All the particular moral judgments we intuitively make are likely to derive from discarded religious systems, from warped views of sex and bodily functions, or… — Peter Singer
Do not measure the number of tragedies you sustain, but to quantify the success you derive from them. — Jacqueline Susann
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize… — Edsger Dijkstra

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