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We are a people that have always celebrated other people's success so long as we always had the opportunity to meet that success ourselves. That is the American nature. That is the American character. That is one of the things that makes us different from the rest of the world. And I'm afraid we could lose that or are on the verge of losing that. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#always #american #celebrated #character #could

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur. ↗

— Rudy Rucker

#computations #computer #computer science #effect #kinds

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail. ↗

— Rudy Rucker

#could #fail #fiction #fiction writer #i

Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this. ↗

— Mercedes Ruehl

#chooses #individuals #nature #transgender #who

Nature's laws must be obeyed, and the period of decline begins, and goes on with accelerated rapidity. ↗

— Warren De la Rue

#decline #goes #laws #must #nature

I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure, because I am a naturally introverted person, and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk, but I spend a lot of my days not talking, especially when I'm at home and not on tour. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#any #because #comfortable #days #enough

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#becomes #exiles #fate #first #future

The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. ↗

— George Saunders

#beloved #constant #culture #details #exaltation

The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#extent #few #history #known #languages

Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#dealing #eradicate #fact #faculty #idea