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Do whatever you please, follow your own star; be original if you want to be and don’t if you don’t want to be. Just be… — Constance Spry
Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to… — Joseph Addison
The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of mystery. They appear… — Paul Carus
First, it is necessary to study the facts, to multiply the number of observations, and then later to search for formulas that connect them so… — Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Everyone engaged in research must have had the experience of working with feverish and prolonged intensity to write a paper which no one else will… — Noam Chomsky
When certain concepts of TeX are introduced informally, general rules will be stated; afterwards you will find that the rules aren't strictly true. In general,… — Donald Knuth
The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a way… — Unknown Author
The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2.… — Alfred P. Sloan
Studies show that organically grown crops produce more of the things (ascorbic acid, lycopenes, resveratrol, flavonols in general, etc) that our bodies need and also… — Michael Pollan
I came from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it. At General motors, if you see a snake, the first thing… — Ross Perot
Indeed in general I hold that there is nothing truer than happiness, and nothing happier and sweeter than truth. — Gottfried Leibniz
Reality cannot be found except in One single source, because of the interconnection of all things with one another. I maintain also that substances, whether… — Gottfried Leibniz
...it is not only the general principles of justice that are infringed, or at least set aside, by the exclusion of women, merely as women,… — John Stuart Mill
I think that in order to achieve progress in the study of language and human cognitive faculties in general it is necessary first to establish… — Noam Chomsky
It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The general statement that the mental faculties are class concepts, belonging to descriptive psychology, relieves us of the necessity of discussing them and their significance… — Wilhelm Wundt
The results of ethnic psychology constitute, at the same time, our chief source of information regarding the general psychology of the complex mental processes. — Wilhelm Wundt
No one knows just how the idea of a soul or the supernatural started... It probably had its origin in the general laziness of mankind. — John B. Watson
The sudden hunch, the creative leap of mind that "sees" in a flash how to solve a problem in a simple way, is something quite… — Martin Gardner
The airline business is crazy. I've not been enamored with the industry in general. You can't depend on anybody and anything. It's dog-eat-dog and one… — Unknown Author
The tendency in our spiritual life but also our more general attitude toward love is that our feelings are all that is going on. And… — Brian Kolodiejchuk
Men in general are too material and do not make enough human contacts. If we search for the fundamentals which actually motivate us we will… — Unknown Author
So behave that the odor of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere, that when we behold or scent a flower, we… — Henry David Thoreau
A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace. — Alfred North Whitehead
There is no point when all the material benefits of the world add up to a general state of happiness. It is the Great Misconception. — Tarek Saab

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