#detail

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. ↗

— Alphonse de Lamartine

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As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be found out about it. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

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Through the continued accumulation of detailed and reliable knowledge about elementary reactions, we will be in a better position to understand, predict and control many time-dependent macroscopic chemical processes which are important in nature or to human society. ↗

— Yuan T. Lee

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All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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I think in any writing you're paying attention to detail. ↗

— Peter Matthiessen

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I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details of the mission and give additional information about the lessons from space. ↗

— Christa McAuliffe

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It's reached this point where people are fascinated by every intricate detail of other people's lives. And some people are willing to give up their lives like that. ↗

— Sienna Miller

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The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

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The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results. ↗

— John George Nicolay

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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

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