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A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve. — Alec Guinness
Technology usually provides a series of tradeoffs. Each asset is offset by a deficit...A major problem occurs when those who suffer from technology's defecits and… — Donald A. Norman
[Statists] believe that government should make decisions for individuals. Since individuals usually prefer to make their own decisions, coercion and compulsion become necessary correctives. — Theodore J. Forstmann
The public school system: "Usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying the exercise of intellectual… — Walter Karp
When two plants, constantly different in one or several traits, are crossed, the traits they have in common are transmitted unchanged to the hybrids and… — Gregor Mendel
'Science in itself' is nothing, for it exists only in the human beings who are its bearers. 'Science for its own sake' usually means nothing… — Rudolf Virchow
It has been said by a distinguished philosopher that England is "usually the last to enter into the general movement of the European mind." The… — Isaac Todhunter
No one believes an hypothesis except its originator but everyone believes an experiment except the experimenter. Most people are ready to believe something based on… — William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity, self-sufficiency, and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply… — William C. Menninger
When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and… — Ziauddin Yousafzai
Let us face squarely the paradox that the world which goes to war is a world, usually genuinely desiring peace. War is the outcome, not… — Norman Angell
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not usually idealistic. The… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When you act like a teacher, it's usually because you're afraid to be the student. — Byron Katie
We like things to be black or white, tall or short, here or there. We like to consider two sides to every story. Unfortunately, there… — Barry Leiba
Each person decides in early childhood how he will live and how he will die... His trivial behavior may be decided by reason, but his… — Eric Berne
When introducing a character, you're usually better off sticking with broad strokes. The important thing at that point is not what color hair someone has… — Jason Black
We usually don't look. We overlook. — Alan Watts
The love and peace of higher consciousness flow from just being - and enjoying it all. Anything you do will not be enough unless you… — Ken Keyes Jr.
Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time, people laugh as often as… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Humans are powerful spiritual beings meant to create good on earth. This good isn't usually accomplished in bold actions, but in singular acts of kindness… — Dannion Brinkley

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