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To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately. — Russell L. Ackoff
I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree,… — Ansel Adams
My aim is increasingly to make my photographs look so much like photographs [rather than paintings, etchings, etc.] that unless one has eyes and sees,… — Alfred Stieglitz
He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it… — Saint Augustine
The man who is extremely and dangerously hungry has no other interest but food. Capacities not useful for the satisfying of hunger are pushed into… — Betty Friedan
It is not death or dying that is tragic, but rather to have existed without fully participating in life- that is the deepest personal tragedy. — Edward Abbey
There is a German word, Sehnsucht, which has no English equivalent; it means 'the longing for something'. It has Romantic and mystical connotations; C.S. Lewis… — Julian Barnes
The general desire of men to live by their heads rather than their hands, and the strong allurements of great cities to those who have… — Thomas Jefferson
America -- rather, the United States -- seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful, adaptable, maligned, envied, feared, imposed… — Edna Ferber
I still have a suspicion of charity and think the state has a role to play in many areas. And although for most of the… — Kazuo Ishiguro
When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct… — Frederic Bastiat
I’d rather sing a sad song than eat, — George Jones
Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the… — George Jones
General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the… — Mercy Otis Warren
I would rather be judged by 12 farmers than 12 scholars. — Thomas Jefferson
It is a [disputed] question, whether the circulation of paper, rather than of specie [gold and silver coin], is a good or an evil I… — Thomas Jefferson
I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would… — Thomas Jefferson
Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. ... With hearts fortified ... we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare that... we will,… — Thomas Jefferson
The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly frightful. Among other… — Patrick Henry
As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism — a sort of religious denial of God. It… — Thomas Paine
I try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer, I don't feel I take away, but rather that the… — Yousuf Karsh
When the magic hour arrives, my thoughts center on light rather than on the landscape. I search for perfect light, then hunt for something earthbound… — Galen Rowell
I'd rather die standing than live on my knees. — Shania Twain
I'd rather clean my toilet than go to a show-business party. — Shania Twain
What really happens is that the story-maker proves a successful 'sub-creator'. He makes a Secondary World which your mind can enter. Inside it, what he… — J.R.R. Tolkien

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