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Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long. The closer the deadline, the more likely you'll start… — Adam Savage
The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming. — Arthur Schopenhauer
We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one.… — George A. Sheehan
Can we really believe that we are living a good life, an ethically decent life if we don't do anything serious to help reduce poverty… — Peter Singer
Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will. — Peter Singer
My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to… — Peter Singer
In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're… — Peter Singer
Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets. — Thomas Sowell
Majorities, as such, afford no guarantees for justice. They are men of the same nature as minorities. They have the same passions for fame, power,… — Lysander Spooner
If taxation without consent is robbery, the United States government has never had, has not now, and is never likely to have, a single honest… — Lysander Spooner
When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair. — Sylvester Stallone
You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls. — Casey Stengel
It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Businesses that have gone through an episode of hyperinflation become understandably alert to the threat of it: at the first hint of inflation, they're likely… — James Surowiecki
Companies have long gathered data to break down their customer base into specific segments. Now political parties have become adept at micro-targeting, too, using data… — James Surowiecki
Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line… — David Suzuki
If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Internet allows the small guy a global marketplace. But technology is harmful in the sense that we get too much information from it. Because… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer - he… — Hunter S. Thompson
The next MVP of the Super Bowl is just as likely to have been a full-time grocery store bagger last year as a Heisman Trophy… — Hunter S. Thompson
There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be. — Henry David Thoreau
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming… — Arnold J. Toynbee
Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in… — Christy Turlington
Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend… — Malcolm Turnbull
I certainly don't think you need to be famous to want to leave a legacy, but when you are famous, it's even more likely that… — Shania Twain

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