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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

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I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

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Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have. ↗

— Robert Adams

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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

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No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon. ↗

— John Archibald Wheeler

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If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

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