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It is still an unending source of surprise for me how a few scribbles on a blackboard or on a piece of paper can change… — Stanislaw Ulam
The two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of… — George Orwell
It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body. — Satchel Paige
We have hopes and make plans, and if they are dashed or waylaid, we naturally rationalize and redraw the map to locate ourselves anew. Or… — Chang-Rae Lee
I believe in the resonance and staying power of quiet photographs. These photographs required a certain seeing, but few special techniques, and no tricks. Something… — William Albert Allard
She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love. — William Wordsworth
Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb... he seems to… — Douglas MacArthur
You’re probably wasting time on things like eating and sleeping. Cease that, and read all of philosophy and all of literature. Also art. Plus politics… — John Barth
Yet everyone begins in the same place; how is it that most go along without difficulty but a few lose their way? — John Barth
Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the rest wore no… — Edward Abbey
Nothing can excel a few days in jail for giving a young man or woman a quick education in the basis of industrial society. — Edward Abbey
The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often. — Edward Abbey
One need not be a prophet to be aware of impending dangers. An accidental combination of experience and interest will often reveal events to one… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The history of government management of money has, except for a few short happy periods, been one of incessant fraud and deception. — Friedrich August von Hayek
Few are ready to recognize that the rise of fascism and naziism was not a reaction against the socialist trends of the preceding period but… — Friedrich August von Hayek
I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county,… — Thomas Jefferson
That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. — Thomas Jefferson
I may err in my measures, but never shall deflect from the intention to fortify the public liberty by every possible means, and to put… — Thomas Jefferson
If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people. — Eleanor Roosevelt
The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of… — Alexander Hamilton
In fact, very few people on the face of the planet know that the very shape of the M25 forms the sigil *odegra* in the… — Terry Pratchett
The world of A.D. 2014 will have few routine jobs that cannot be done better by some machine than by any human being. Mankind will… — Isaac Asimov
The lucky few who can be involved in creative work of any sort will be the true elite of mankind, for they alone will do… — Isaac Asimov
At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved… — Arthur C. Clarke
Isaac Asimov is, in reality, based on something I had invented a few years previously. — Arthur C. Clarke

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