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What children don't understand, and can't understand until they grow up some, is how much the whole fabric and process of human society depends on… — Ursula K. Le Guin
In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is the first thing… — Douglas Fairbanks
With every inch of land on Earth now catalogued by our satellites, the stars are the next place we as a species must travel. And… — Ben Parr
Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do. — Bill Bryson
When you give away large sums of money, you can cause as much damage as you may do good. — Paul Mellon
I try to avoid large crowds. — Dawn Olivieri
Even though there is rampant unemployment in many parts of the world, there are still large numbers of jobs that are going unfilled because employers… — Daphne Koller
When there were not very many Internet companies, the supply of Internet companies to the market was small and the appetite for them was large.… — Fred Wilson
The U.S. has been living in a situation of excesses for too long. Consumers were out spending more than their income and the country was… — Nouriel Roubini
I have more fun hanging out with my friends who are musicians and rock stars. You know politicians by and large are pretty stiff, pretty… — Jann Wenner
Kids with Down syndrome are, by and large, quite affectionate and relatively guileless, and frequently, the attachments to them grow and deepen. And the meaning… — Andrew Solomon
I am finally getting the chance to build large structures and break preconceptions that my designs are just sculptures for people to be in. But… — Thomas Heatherwick
In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up.… — Sugata Mitra
The main concern with a very large baby is difficulty in delivery. — Emily Oster
Religion looms as large as an elephant in the United States, to the point that being nonreligious is about the biggest handicap a politician running… — Frans de Waal
A city can only be reconstructed in the form of urban quarters. A large or a small city can only be reorganized as a large… — Leon Krier
A great advantage of a large corporation is supposed to be the large pool of talent in which its leaders can find and groom high… — Margaret Heffernan
The form a city assumes as it evolves over time owes more to large-scale works of civil engineering - what we now call infrastructure -… — Martin Filler
The tendency in lots of large organizations is to try and find a comfortable place where you think you can get measured rewards for measured… — Geoffrey Canada
Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed. — Iqbal Quadir

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