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What we found was that rather than being haphazardly arranged or independent pathways, we find that all of the pathways of the brain taken together… — Ray Kurzweil
In our time, the great task for libertarians is to find an escape from politics in all its formsâ€”from the totalitarian and fundamentalist catastrophes to… — Peter Thiel
When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention… — Michael Ovitz
It is absurd for a man to kill an elephant. It is not brutal, it is not heroic, and certainly it is not easy; it… — Beryl Markham
The single most important lesson of effective communication is this: Focus on clarity. Concentrate on precisions. Donâ€™t worry about constructing beautiful sentences. Beauty comes from… — David Gerrold
I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents. — Anthony Foxx
If guys feed off me, that's fine. But I'm going to play my way and I don't change. One hundred percent every single play, every… — Rodney Harrison
I looked at 73 climate models going back to 1979 and every single one predicted more warming than happened in the real world. — John Christy
The single most important aspect of the Transition involves the selection of personnel to manage the transfer of responsibility. The law provides roughly ten weeks… — Richard V. Allen
Almost a quarter of our planet is a single mountain range and we didn't enter it until after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to… — Robert Ballard
Formerly, many men dominated women within marriage. Now, despite a much wider acceptance of women as workers, men dominate women anonymously outside the marriage. Patriarchy… — Arlie Russell Hochschild
Our first single, 'Ticket To Ride', was a kind of half-hit, half flop: in some places it was number one, in others it was ash-tray… — Karen Carpenter
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities — Cesare Lombroso
I've been reading Ed Brubaker comics since the first appearance of Ed Brubaker comics and every single time he announces a new title I mutter… — Brian Michael Bendis
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I believe… — Oscar Peterson
The single most prevalent form of child abuse in this country is the act of sending a child to a government school. We worry incessantly… — Neal Boortz
Winston worked in the RECORDS DEPARTMENT (a single branch of the Ministry of Truth) editing and writing for The Times. He dictated into a machine… — George Orwell
The colors are stunning. In a single view, I see - looking out at the edge of the earth: red at the horizon line, blending… — William C. McCool
I get to do what I like to do every single day of the year. — Warren Buffett
[It's] the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality. And if we can change the lens, not only can we… — Shawn Achor

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