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Humphrey Davy: Life is made...

Humphrey Davy: Life is made...

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small...

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Charles Steinmetz: Marking dynamos for...

Charles Steinmetz: Marking dynamos for...

Marking dynamos for repair $10,000.00 -- 2 hours labor $10.00; knowing where to mark...

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Hans Selye: My advice to...

Hans Selye: My advice to...

My advice to any young person at the beginning of their career is to try to look for the mere outlines of big things...

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Hans Selye: Fight for your...

Hans Selye: Fight for your...

Fight for your highest attainable aim
But never put up resistance in vain.


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Peter Medawar: I cannot give...

Peter Medawar: I cannot give...

I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is...

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Christopher Columbus: And the sea...

Christopher Columbus: And the sea...

And the sea will grant each man new hope . . . his sleep brings dreams of home.

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Davy Crockett: Fame is like...

Davy Crockett: Fame is like...

Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some...

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Blaise Pascal: People are usually...

Blaise Pascal: People are usually...

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

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Edmund Hillary: I am hell-bent...

Edmund Hillary: I am hell-bent...

I am hell-bent for the South Pole - God willing and crevasses permitting.

Source:...

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George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

These things [subject matter] are external to the man; style is the man.

Source:...

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Eugene Wigner: [While] solipsism may...

Eugene Wigner: [While] solipsism may...

[While] solipsism may be logically consistent with present quantum mechanics, monism in the sense of materialism is...

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Andy Warhol: I'm afraid that...

Andy Warhol: I'm afraid that...

I'm afraid that if I look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

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Robert Henri: Good composition is...

Robert Henri: Good composition is...

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none...

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Barbara McClintock: There is no...

Barbara McClintock: There is no...

There is no question that plants have [all] kinds of sensitivities. But just because they sit there, anybody walking...

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Barbara McClintock: I know [my...

Barbara McClintock: I know [my...

I know [my corn plants] intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.

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Deborah Tannen: The biggest mistake...

Deborah Tannen: The biggest mistake...

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation -- or a...

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Peter Drucker: Time is the...

Peter Drucker: Time is the...

Time is the scarcest resource of the manager; If it is not managed, nothing else can be...

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Al Capone: I have build...

Al Capone: I have build...

I have build my organization upon fear.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Earl Nightingale: Your problem is...

Earl Nightingale: Your problem is...

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to...

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Morarji Desai: Self-help must precede...

Morarji Desai: Self-help must precede...

Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help...

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