Doubled Quotes

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When I consider what people generally want in calculating, I found that it always is a number. I also observed that every number is composed… — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Since the end of the Second World War, our population has more than doubled to 27 million people. — Kim Campbell
In just the past century we have almost doubled the percentage of fat in our diets--from 20% in 1910 to about 35% today. — Paul Zane Pilzer
The number of students participating in A.P. has more than doubled in 10 years, and today almost 15,000 U.S. schools offer A.P. courses. — Gaston Caperton
Said about Napier's logarithms: . . . by shortening the labors doubled the life of the astronomer. — Pierre-Simon Laplace
There is no shortage of time. In fact, we are positively awash with it. We only make good use of 20 per cent of our… — Richard Koch
The price of imported oil in the US doubled between summer 2003 and summer 2005, reducing consumers' purchasing power by more than 1 per cent… — Martin Feldstein
The survival rate of Dr Burton's patients approximately doubled the maximum survival rate of conventionally treated patients. Had these findings pertained to a chemotherapy drug… — Jared Diamond
Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the earthly… — Pope John Paul II
In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled! [People who get upset and worried at the first sign of misfortune are only… — Daniel Defoe
But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never… — Adriana Trigiani
Dreams are a reservoir of knowledge and experience yet they are often overlooked as a vehicle for exploring reality. In the dream state our bodies… — Stephen LaBerge
Eventually I got asked to be in a Michael J. Fox sitcom called High School U.S.A. I didnâ€™t think it was funny and said no.… — Joel Hodgson
Desire doubled is love and love doubled is madness. — Anne Carson
My goal? To test out every diet and exercise regimen on planet earth and figure out which work best. I sweated, I cooked, I learned… — A. J. Jacobs
In the past two or three years, the number of clubs has doubled ... we've got close to 8 000 players, about 60 to 80… — Nasser Hussain
What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties:… — Samuel Reshevsky
Despite a tenfold increase in the use of pesticides between 1947 and 1974 (in the US), crop losses due to pests have...remained at an estimated… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
To take something from a person and keep it for oneself: that is robbery. To take something from one person and then turn it over… — Octave Mirbeau
Never mind the odds against you. If you doubled your effort, what would the odds against you do â€” send for reinforcements? — Robert Breault

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