Devising Quotes

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Mathematics is about problems, and problems must be made the focus of a student's mathematical life. Painful and creatively frustrating as it may be, students… — Paul Lockhart
So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech. — Hesiod
A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also gave… — Jacques Delors
The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy. — George C. Williams
Scientists have stated that embryonic stem cells provide the best opportunity for devising unique treatments of these serious diseases since, unlike adult stem cells, they… — Eliot Engel
Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes. — John Podhoretz
Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate. — Ralph Steadman
This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Hereâ€™s what I know about the realm of possibilityâ€” it is always expanding, it is never what you think it is. Everything around us was… — David Levithan
There is the happiness which comes from creative effort. The joy of dreaming, creating, building, whether in painting a picture, writing an epic, singing a… — Henry Miller
God moves in extremely mysterious, not to say, circuitous ways. God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His… — Terry Pratchett
And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men… — Audre Lorde
In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist… — Ella Baker
I love stories - devising them, writing them, reading them, watching them, being a part of them. — Neil Jackson
In the field of outdoor sports, the American boy is easily capable of devising his own amusements, and until some proof is adduced that baseball… — John Montgomery Ward
It must be able to assist in devising the method of solution of problems and not merely solve them. — Cliff Shaw
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of… — Neil Gaiman

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