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It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other. ↗

— Oliver Evans

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And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard or soft, light or dark treatment. ↗

— Bill Brandt

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The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject. ↗

— William Falconer

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I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait. ↗

— Salvador Dali

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You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time. ↗

— Ken Burns

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Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level. ↗

— Enrico Fermi

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Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

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It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before. ↗

— Iris Chang

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I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

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The rule which should guide us in such cases is simple and obvious enough: that the aggregate testimony of our neighbours is subject to the same conditions as the testimony of any one of them. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

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