#concepts

Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success. ↗

— Bo Bennett

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When we say that Philosophy tries to clear up the meanings of concepts we do not mean that it is simply concerned to substitute some long phrase for some familiar word. ↗

— Charles D. Broad

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The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world. ↗

— Richard Lugar

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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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One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

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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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Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

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