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He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

#appropriate #craftsman #cultivate #does #environment

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#black #does #doing #fatale #femme

And if we are honest we have to make a distinction between a democratic Israel that wants to live in peace and the terrorists who want Israel wiped out. The Israelis were told to give up land for peace; they gave up the land, but got no peace. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

#democratic #distinction #gave #give #got

The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#causes #colony #condition #enterprise #farmers

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. ↗

— Mitch Hedberg

#because #did #died #fake #i

My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero? ↗

— Mitch Hedberg

#down #happening #hero #hold #holds

Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#nobody #political #prisoner #problem #wants

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#dreams #else #everyone #like #look

Your patience would fail you if I should continue to relate all the disrespectful speeches and treatment which your servants have been obliged to listen to and patiently to bear. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#been #continue #disrespectful #fail #i

I have women coming up to me and saying: 'I love your character! She's so empowered. She takes control; she gets what she wants.' That's another side of her. And I respect that in Joan. She says and does things that I would never allow myself to do. ↗

— Christina Hendricks

#another #character #coming #control #does