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I have been cautioned to talk but be careful not to say anything. I do not consider this a difficult task. — Mark Twain
The hugely popular Windows 95 operating system revolutionized the software world thanks to its capability of accomplishing the seemingly impossible task of making Bill Gates… — Dave Barry
He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to… — Alexander Pope
My task is to make you hear, feel and see. That and no more, and that is everything. — Joseph Conrad
Toward the person who has died we adopt a special attitude: something like admiration for someone who has accomplished a very difficult task. — Sigmund Freud
It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task. — Roald Dahl
When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which… — Vincent Van Gogh
One's better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one's own. In fact it's a terrible business… — Claude Monet
Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they… — Ludwig von Mises
Scientific criticism has no nobler task than to shatter false beliefs. — Ludwig von Mises
By far the most common task for which the machines are used is writing - or word processing, as it's known to the same people… — Robert Motherwell
When all combine in every way to make everything easier, people will want difficulty. I conceived it as my task to make difficulties everywhere. — Soren Kierkegaard
The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having… — Alain de Botton
A man's task is to find himself, and if he fails in this, it doesn't much matter what else he finds. — William Manchester
The collector attempts always to acquire the best, and his knowledge of what is best is always widening. His is the task of judging between… — Arthur Davison Ficke
It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally to comprehend its own limitations.… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us. — David Steindl-Rast
The board is currently undertaking what could be its most important task, ... We are confident that we're going to make a choice that is… — George J. Mitchell
The Church does not invent sins but recognizes the will of God and has to declare it. Of course, the great thing.. is that upon… — Pope Benedict XVI
It seemed like an impossible task to do full justice to all Luther classics. And yet these landmark artists have done just that. Memorable performances… — Clive Davis

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