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I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

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I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#demand #eight #i #kind #month

It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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The scientific and scholarly community is marked by the belief that the truth is to be found in all; none can claim it as their monopoly. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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But the system of prices ruling the market not only transmits information in the light of which economic agents can mutually adjust their actions, it also provides them with an incentive to exercise economy in terms of money. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#adjust #agents #also #economic #economy

My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#food #good #good food #into #lot

AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations. ↗

— Sarah Polley

#because #civilizations #common #community #entire

Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#because #corresponding #difficult #greek #harmony

Since, therefore, individuals as well as the public are so indebted to these writers for the benefits they enjoy, I think them not only entitled to the honour of palms and crowns, but even to be numbered among the gods. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#benefits #crowns #enjoy #entitled #even

If you deny that any principles of conduct at all are common to and admitted by all men who try to behave reasonably - well, I don't see how you can have any ethics or any ethical background for law. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

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