#activity

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

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In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting. ↗

— Donald Judd

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Many people and governments share the mistaken belief that science, with new, ingenious devices and techniques, can rescue us from the troubles we face without our having to mend our ways and change our patterns of activity. This is not so. ↗

— Henry W. Kendall

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I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well. ↗

— John Keegan

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Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property "without just compensation." The basic model of an unconstitutional "taking" would be if the government threw you out of your house. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

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Award trophies, as opposed to letting the players define and claim their own. Ultimately, pay them to play so that their activity not only resembles work but is work. ↗

— John Thorn

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Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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Once you have selected a sport or a creative activity, the rules are pretty much the same. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#creative #much #once #pretty #rules

It would be helpful if someone would lay out exactly the economic mechanism that gets us from yet lower interest rates to actual economic activity. ↗

— Jerrry A. Webman

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