#plea

I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

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A scientist worthy of his name, about all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#artist #experiences #great #his #impression

Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#beauty #being #dimensions #duly #each

Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably Debt, ignore the fundamental difference between duties imposed by law and duties created by the will of the parties. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#between #created #debt #difference #duties

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#answer #ask #comfortable #i #i always

We're basically after Joe's beer money, and Joe likes his beer, so you better make sure that what you give him is at least as pleasurable to him as having his six-pack of beer would be. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#basically #beer #better #give #having

Behavioral psychologists have observed that wanting something has a much stronger emotional impact than the pleasure that comes once you have it, or the memory of having had it. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#comes #emotional #had #having #impact

I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation. ↗

— Richard Powers

#doing #each #great #i #i am

You do get some weirdos, but if there are any nice people out there who want to write to me pleasantly, then they'll get a pleasant reply back! ↗

— Katie Price

#back #get #me #nice #out