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The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

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In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

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Someone once described me as the Zelig of comedy, and I think I know what he means. ↗

— Arthur Smith

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You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for the last 300 or so years, the exact sciences have been dominated by what is really a good idea, which is the idea that one can describe the natural world using mathematical equations. ↗

— Stephen Wolfram

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I put it to you that there are no British poets, there are no British novelists. I have heard myself described as one, but I think really I'm an English novelist; there are Scottish poets and Scottish novelists. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

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For Christmas my family bought me a new Scrabble board (the one that swivels!) and cat treats. Am I eighty five? ↗

— Taylor Swift

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In one sentence, I'd describe myself as indescribable. But, I wouldn't end it with a period. I'd end it with three dots. ↗

— Jason Schwartzman

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I've always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films. ↗

— Eric Bana

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