#concepts

It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

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From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible. ↗

— Abdus Salam

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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems. ↗

— Abdolkarim Soroush

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I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking place in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that have been entirely based on concepts raised by Star Trek. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

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Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts. ↗

— John Chrysostom

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The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

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The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

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We would be able neither to remember nor to reflect nor to compare nor to think, indeed, we would not even be the person who we were a moment ago, if our concepts were divided among many and were not to be encountered somewhere together in their most exact combination. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

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A great amount has been talked and written about what constitutes a sufficient balance and what really is meant by the concepts of "balance" and "deterrence". ↗

— Alva Myrdal

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I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall Wear Midnight,' which are in fact fantasy. You have sticks that fly, but they're practical broomsticks, with a bloody great strap that you can hold on to so you don't fall off. And you try not to use them too often. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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