Tasks Quotes
1915 quotes by 1287 authors
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But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made.…
— Bruce Nauman
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It seems to me that the conquest of the air is the only major task for our generation.
— T.E. Lawrence
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Although humans today remain more capable than machines for many tasks, by 2030 machine capabilities will have increased to the point that humans will have…
— Werner J. A. Dahm
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Art's task is to save the soul of mankind.. anything less is a dithering while Rome burns.
— Terence McKenna
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The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the child works in…
— Maria Montessori
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The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.
— Maria Montessori
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Teachers and students (leadership and people), co-intent on reality, are both Subjects, not only in the task of unveiling that reality, and thereby coming to…
— Paulo Freire
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I believe that if something like a political life is to remain for us in this world of technology, then it begins with friendship. Therefore…
— Ivan Illich
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No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done,…
— Marilyn vos Savant
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With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their basic task: protecting…
— Bill Schuette
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I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit.
— Norton Juster
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Writing is a hellish task, best snuck up on, whacked on the head, robbed and left for dead.
— Ann-Marie MacDonald
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The goal is to be both disciplined and loose, so that the writing does not turn into a task or a chore. To leave myself…
— Pete Hamill
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No education is worth having that does not teach the lesson of concentration on a task, however unattractive. These lessons, if not learnt early, will…
— Cyril Connolly
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The conservative movement, to which I subscribe, has as one of its basic tenets the belief that government should stay out of people’s private lives.…
— Barry Goldwater
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The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture…
— Walter Brueggemann
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Silence is a very concrete, practical, and useful discipline in all our ministerial tasks. It can be seen as a portable cell taken with us…
— Henri Nouwen
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Ministers are tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task to keep other people busy … But our task is…
— Henri Nouwen
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I believe that we face incredible obstacles in our attempts to see the world. Everything in our nature tries to deny the world around us;…
— Errol Morris
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I…
— Martin Van Buren
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