#met

The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself. ↗

— Howard Aiken

#arithmetical #computations #desire #economize #effort

What I wanted to do and what I needed to do was something entirely different, and through reading Roussel I learned that I could do what I wanted all on my own and that I didn't have to rely on what had actually happened in my somewhat limited life and reading. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#could #different #entirely #had #happened

Sometimes I've had to put myself on a diet. ↗

— Roger Moore

#had #i #myself #put #sometimes

Sometimes I'll go down a path, and I'll just pray that something's going to come to get me out of this path that I'm on. ↗

— Tim Meadows

#down #get #go #going #i

Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#being #down #enthusiasm #i #live

Sometimes when I read about my rebellion in print it sounds a little overrated. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#i #in print #little #overrated #print

If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#based #civilization #continue #found #mankind

The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#been #economy #metropolis #money #seat

It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#doing #down #end #happens #i

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself. ↗

— Frank Langella

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