#owl

Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics. ↗

— George Reisman

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But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with machinery quickly consumed, and commodities produced with machinery slowly consumed. ↗

— David Ricardo

#commodities #consumed #equally #labour #machinery

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge. ↗

— Arthur Rimbaud

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The channels of intuitive knowledge are opened according to the intensity of individual need. ↗

— Jane Roberts

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One is either an artist or one is not. It is not something one becomes. It is something that one is from birth. We do not study to be artists. We study to become more proficient. To understand more. ↗

— Edward Swift

#artistry #being-yourself #creativity #identity #self-knowledge

Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly. ↗

— Rosalind Russell

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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. ↗

— Bayard Rustin

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I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means. ↗

— Steve Sabol

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The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed. ↗

— Morley Safer

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And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that a knowledge of sequences could contribute much to our understanding of living matter. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

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