#natura

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. ↗

— Jessamyn West

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Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span as we do when we employ massive organizational air strikes. However, destroying comes at the end of life's cycle, not as a first response. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him. ↗

— William Godwin

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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was. ↗

— Rube Goldberg

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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

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It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope. ↗

— Paul Goodman

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I am a data hound and so I usually end up working on whatever things I can find good data on. The rise of Internet commerce completely altered the amount of information you could gather on company behavior so I naturally drifted toward it. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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