#ect

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#democracy #improved #means #perfection #state

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure. ↗

— Amy Tan

#failure #fear #i

In fact any experiment that measures a quantum effect is one in which the quantum effect is aligned with the behavior of some heavy, macroscopic object; that's how we measure it. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#any #behavior #effect #experiment #fact

Men expect too much, do too little. ↗

— Allen Tate

#little #men #much #too #too much

That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown. ↗

— Christopher Marlowe

#crown #earthly #felicity #fruition #perfect

The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

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All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as wealth. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

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Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end. ↗

— Debi Thomas

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There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#effect #few #few things #genial #had

The rejection that we all take and the sadness and the aggravation and the loss of jobs and all of the things that we live through in our lives, without a sense of humor, I don't know how people make it. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#how #humor #i #jobs #know