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What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? If you gave up the need for control, and instead… — Adyashanti
Gun control does not decrease gun ownership by criminals but instead reduces their incentives to refrain from violence because it decreases the supply of armed… — John McGinnis
It's hard to tell our bad luck from our good luck sometimes. And most of us have wept copious tears over someone or something when… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
The First World War killed fewer victims than the Second World War, destroyed fewer buildings, and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions - but… — Edmond Taylor
We have tried everything to get rid of suffering. We have gone everywhere to get rid of suffering. We have bought everything to get rid… — Gangaji
What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of "model," is that the mathematical model is… — John L. Casti
This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is a… — Alec Soth
Cultural diversity and cultural change are desirable and inevitable. We are cultural animals, someone without a culture is not human. But the cultures we possess… — Martin Wolf
Life . . . is a joyful expression of love, praise and thanksgiving instead of a hopeless struggle which eventually ends in death. Giving thanks… — Robert Scheid
If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be sitting around trying… — Austin Kleon
By focusing on such a narrow slice of Nepali life, Ms. Spray and Mr. Velez have ceded any totalizing claim on the truth and instead… — Manohla Dargis
Instead of spending the time and the money and the manpower on the front end, when children first transgress - and when they can be… — Edward Humes
The fact is, when people choose to be brave instead of smart, their courage is generally so threatening to those who are smart rather than… — Gary Haugen
The heaviness leaves, and if I'm patient enough it can be replaced by something I need, somthing that would fill instead of drown and let… — Karin Lowachee
In a world of widely distributed knowledge, companies cannot afford to rely entirely on their own research, but should instead buy or license processes or… — Henry Chesbrough
JIBO isn't an appliance, it's a companion, one that can interact and react with its human owners in ways that delight instead of disturb. — Lance Ulanoff
One of the paradoxes of our time is that the War on Terror has served mainly to reinforce a collective belief that maintaining the right… — Eula Biss
Love - not dim and blind but so far-seeing that it can glimpse around corners, around bends and twists and illusion; instead of overlooking faults… — Vera Nazarian
Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up. — Gautama Buddha
I will help-but only so much, only so far. It is not that I believe these children are less than my own. It is not… — Sharman Apt Russell

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