#encounter

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. ↗

— David Brin

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Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level. ↗

— Patrick Marber

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Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses. ↗

— Francois Mauriac

#human #human love #love #love is #often

You can also make explicit certain social problems which, again, would be prejudged or not encountered at all in real life, because people have set up defenses against it. Fantasy allows you to get past defenses. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

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The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#ago #awhile #encounter #ever #first

Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things. ↗

— Tom Petty

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I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway. ↗

— Pink

#anyway #encountered #face #i #me

However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute. ↗

— Frederick Reines

#changed #course #encounter #entered #enthusiasm

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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