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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary. — Larry Wall
Of course the word chaos is used in rather a vague sense by a lot of writers, but in physics it means a particular phenomenon,… — Murray Gell-Mann
Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They fought… — David Hackett Fischer
The main reason for doing it now had more to do with the players. This is a great group. This particular group has really worked… — LaVell Edwards
Certain characteristics of the subject are clear. To begin with, we do not in this subject deal with particular things or particular properties: we deal… — Bertrand Russell
Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections. — Joseph Butler
The United States in particular and the West in general should be feeling a little embarrassed about all that lecturing we did to the Third… — Paul Krugman
The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot… — Frank Shorter
The English language lacks the words 'to mourn an absence.' For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we have all manner… — Laura Bush
The Archivist of the United States essentially works for the American people across partisan lines and not, regardless of which Administration nominates the person, for… — Allen Weinstein
My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it. — Natalia Vodianova
In the particular presence of memorable language we can find a reminder of our ability to know and retain knowledge itself: the brightness wherein all… — Robert Pinsky
No matter what system the magician chooses, in order to make it work most effectively he or she must first become attuned to that system's… — Lon Milo DuQuette
The spirit of religious persecution is not the special failing of any particular faith, but springs eternal in the human breast. — Dion Fortune
Situations emerge in the process of creative destruction in which many firms may have to perish that nevertheless would be able to live on vigorously… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
I think I have never yet done any work with the aim of symbolizing a particular idea, but the fact that a symbol is sometimes… — M.C. Escher
Although I am even now still a layman in the area of mathematics, and although I lack theoretical knowledge, the mathematicians, and in particular the… — M.C. Escher
Do you really like a particular stock? Put 10% or so of your portfolio on it. Make the idea count … Good [investment] ideas should… — Bill Gross
There’s a real question as to what beauty is and why it’s important to us. Many pseudo-philosophers try to answer these questions and tell us… — Roger Scruton
People need to access Skype wirelessly, no matter where they are, and what happens is that we'll be taking advantage of the rollout of Internet… — Niklas Zennstrom
No particular thought can be mind's natural state, only silence. Not the idea of silence, but silence itself. When the mind is in its natural… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
A state is organic when it has a center, and this center is an idea that shapes the various domains of life in an efficacious… — Julius Evola
I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there… — Aime Cesaire
Cinema is consistently making a claim to particular memories, histories, ways of life, identities, and values that always presuppose some notion of difference, community, and… — Henry Giroux
In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as… — Evan Parker

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