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Kingman Brewster, Jr: Incomprehensible jargon is...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: Incomprehensible jargon is...

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

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Carl Linnaeus: Nature does not...

Carl Linnaeus: Nature does not...

Nature does not proceed by leaps and bounds.

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Gloria Steinem: If the shoe...

Gloria Steinem: If the shoe...

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

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John Dewey: Failure is instructive....

John Dewey: Failure is instructive....

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: People who have...

Friedrich Nietzsche: People who have...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

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Leon Trotsky: Old age is...

Leon Trotsky: Old age is...

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

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Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan: In dream consciousness...

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan: In dream consciousness...

In dream consciousness . . . we make things happen by wishing them, because we are not only the observer of what we...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: It is only...

Jean-Paul Sartre: It is only...

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

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Walter Gropius: Only work which...

Walter Gropius: Only work which...

Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.

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Isaac Asimov: It pays to...

Isaac Asimov: It pays to...

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

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Isaac Asimov: Never let your...

Isaac Asimov: Never let your...

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

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When the anchorman...

When the anchorman...

When the anchorman is wearing a colonel's uniform, it tells you something.

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Society is like...

Society is like...

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the...

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The difference between...

The difference between...

The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.

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An exhaustive study...

An exhaustive study...

An exhaustive study of police records shows that no woman has ever shot her husband while he was doing the...

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A Bartlett Giamatti: Teachers believe they...

A Bartlett Giamatti: Teachers believe they...

Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Innocence in genius,...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Innocence in genius,...

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

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Edward De Bono: Removing the faults...

Edward De Bono: Removing the faults...

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor...

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Isaac Asimov: Self-education is, I...

Isaac Asimov: Self-education is, I...

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

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