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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

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In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems. ↗

— Wietse Venema

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But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else. ↗

— Uma Thurman

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People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. ↗

— Epictetus

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You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person who is so flawed and frail and damaged. And we're all this frail and damaged so let's laugh at it.' ↗

— Scott Thompson

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Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. ↗

— Mark Twain

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In the beginning, everybody that gets to work with me, thinks I'm nice. But three weeks later, they hear a bell ringing. Then they realise I meant everything I said during that first week. It's not my fault people are not taking me serious from the first moment. ↗

— Andrew Eldritch

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