#presents

Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness. ↗

— Alfred Korzybski

#characteristics #correct #important #map #maps

The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#center #contradicts #deeply #held #humankind

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#any #becomes #catholic #dogma #faith

My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. And then I'd spend it on Christmas presents. I'd save up like eight pounds. It's nothing, but we did that. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#christmas #did #eight #fact #five

I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does. ↗

— Victoria Beckham

#believe #child #does #drawing #heart

The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium. ↗

— Rand Beers

#crime #dangerous #expansion #millennium #most

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape. ↗

— George Bancroft

#errors #full #lives #mirror #our

There is a lot of lip service paid in this Congress and downtown at the White House about family values and small business. Who better represents family values and small business than the fishermen and women on the Oregon and California coast. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#better #business #california #coast #congress

Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority, the caste system in India and the people thinking that western things are better. ↗

— Anita Desai

#better #caste #characters #exist #india

I often buy myself presents. Sometimes I will spend $100,000 in one day in a posh boutique. ↗

— Celine Dion

#buy #day #i #myself #often