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Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you're on a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Of course, there are other strategies. You can… — Gary Hamel
Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You would be surprised… — Mark Twain
I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science,… — Max Born
One of the great problems of philosophy, is the relationship between the realm of knowledge and the realm of values. Knowledge is what is; values… — Jacques Monod
The love of experiment was very strong in him [Charles Darwin], and I can remember the way he would say, "I shan't be easy till… — Francis Darwin
I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day. At first sight… — John B. S. Haldane
We tried war, we tried aggression, we tried intervention. None of it works. Why don't we try peace, as a science of human relations, not… — Dennis Kucinich
I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it. — Paul Cezanne
When I, or people like me, are running the country, you'd better flee, because we will find you, we will try you, and we'll execute… — Randall Terry
Society has traditionally always tried to find scapegoats, well here I am. — Marilyn Manson
If you are trying to slip out without waking a sleeping man, zips are a nightmare. Haven't you ever tried to creep out of the… — Diane von Furstenberg
Atheism, which people have tried to for hundreds of years as 'the ways of reason and science,' is proving to be mere irrationality and ignorance. — Harun Yahya
More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you… — Twyla Tharp
I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas. — Norman McLaren
There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the morning glory, will… — Hal Borland
I kind of - I like my life; I feel I have lots of opportunities. And my parents actually having had such high expectations for… — Amy Chua
I obviously want to give a healthy body image to my own daughter. I think having good examples, eating properly, that's all one can do… — Geri Halliwell
I tried to stick to my game plan, which was always being aware of what my A story was - the love story between a… — Ted Demme
I've tried really hard to care about things that were very different from my parents. I was curious if I could care about [money] on… — Chelsea Clinton
My friends drink everywhere. They even drink at the laundromat. I tried drinking at the laundromat, and I thought I was in a submarine, navigating… — Mike Birbiglia

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