#events

All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four. ↗

— Mark Spitz

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Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political confusion and prolonged peace undoubtedly affect creative thought but whether they respectively hinder or help it is not at all certain. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. ↗

— Claude Bernard

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Rossi was the first to describe another system working with valves in parallel; it has the advantage that it can easily be extended to coincidences between more than two events, and is therefore predominantly used today. ↗

— Walther Bothe

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Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague. ↗

— Max Cannon

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Well, I'm Buddhist, Ray, and so part of my Buddhism has allowed me to look a little more deeply at people and the events in my life that created me. And I think a lot of that Buddhism comes out in the world view in this novel. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

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Events are called inevitable only after they have occurred. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want. ↗

— Doug Coupland

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If it didn't happen in your life before, then you're not paying attention you don't think it's possible. But almost all important events never happen in your life before. ↗

— Ray Dalio

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