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Corpses sour you. They are bad for objectivity. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#death #objectivity #reality #death

Victory is the child of preparation and determination. ↗

— Sean Hampton

#determination #preparation #victory

I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

#generation #had #her #i #last

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#beyond #creativity #endeavors #far #goes

People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#development #example #frontier #give #impact

A magpie, seeing some light-colored object conspicuous on the empty slope, flew closer to look. but all that lay there was a splintered peg and a twisted length of wire. ↗

— Richard Adams

#near-death #snare #death

The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household. ↗

— William Christopher Handy

#astonished #before #came #clerk #coins

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all. ↗

— Winfield Scott Hancock

#federal #federal government #government #honorable #integrity

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture. ↗

— Learned Hand

#cause #devil #doubt #history #may

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them. ↗

— Learned Hand

#ask #better #breaking #counting #dean