#epte

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted. ↗

— George Santayana

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English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#diplomacy #english #french #international #international language

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us. ↗

— David Sarnoff

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Back in 1992, I had my first story accepted by 'The New Yorker.' ↗

— George Saunders

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I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

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The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th. ↗

— Adam Schiff

#assimilation #avoid #essential #intelligence #prompt

On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension. ↗

— Otto Schily

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The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena. ↗

— Erwin Schrodinger

#accurate #atomic #consistent #countless #description

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough. ↗

— Charles Schumer

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It's my experience that the fluidity of sexuality with younger people is more accepted. ↗

— Josh Schwartz

#experience #fluidity #more #people #sexuality