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My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate… — Niklaus Wirth
Avarice, greed, concupiscence and so forth are all based on the mathematical truism that the more you get, the more you have. The remark of… — Frederick Buechner
And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it… — Sanford I. Weill
I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side. ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old… — Robert Byrd
One should become the master of one's mind rather than let one's mind master him. — Nichiren
As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B,… — Esa-Pekka Salonen
One thing that worried me was how writers get categorized and so they end up having to write the same kind of book again and… — Justin Cronin
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
Sustainability is living on nature's income rather than living on its capital. — Murray Gell-Mann
A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are. — Macklemore
Modern liberalism, for most liberals is not a consciously understood set of rational beliefs, but a bundle of unexamined prejudices and conjoined sentiments. The basic… — James Burnham
The stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a machine. Mind… — James Jeans
I have come to understand that life is too complex and much too short to let amateurs direct the story. I would rather let the… — Steve Saint
Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses — Cesare Lombroso
But it [crony capitalism] erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the politically favored rather than those who provide what consumers… — Charles Koch
We get to design what we want to see in the world rather than doing what other people think should be done. — Jack Dorsey
Most of the time each person is immersed in the details of one special part of the whole and does not think of how what… — Richard Hamming
Readiness for death is that of character, rather than of occupation. It is right living which prepares for safe or even joyous dying. - Jacques — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
To keep a vow, means not to keep from breaking it, but rather to devote the rest of one's life to discovering what the vow… — Mike Mason
Whoever would do good in the world, ought not to deal in censure. We ought not to destroy, but rather construct. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know… — Shaun White
I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell… — Eric Heiden
Economists who adhere to rational-expectations models of the world will never admit it, but a lot of what happens in markets is driven by pure… — Robert J. Shiller
Man is said to be a rational creature; but should it not rather be said, that man is a creature capable of being rational, as… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
It is time to face real world, even if it is harder and painful. I'd rather fly and crash, than just snuggle and sleep. — Chetan Bhagat

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