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One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis - the concept of form which is not so directional in time, not so much climactic form, but rather form which allows time, to stand still. ↗

— La Monte Young

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Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

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Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it. ↗

— Toni Morrison

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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

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Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional. ↗

— Justin Amash

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Indeed upon much that may have to say, I expect rather the charitable judgment than the full assent of those whose approbation I could most wish to win. ↗

— Asa Gray

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I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal. ↗

— Curtis Carlson

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I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#best #broken #fragments #glue #good

I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

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Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

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