#observe

If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

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It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

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Perhaps that is why the novel flourished in England. You had these communities that would stay put and people would see one another all the time and cause one another to change and have the opportunity to observe the changes over time. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

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Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

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I like to think of myself as an observer. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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What I've observed and what I've imagined - and definitely what I'm hoping - happens as you get older is that there's a mellowing, an acceptance that comes with time. I guess that I'll find out. ↗

— Anne Hathaway

#comes #definitely #find #get #guess

Part of the way that I work is to observe. ↗

— John Hawkes

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There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it. ↗

— David Hume

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One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers. ↗

— James Humes

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