#tent

There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent of my acquaintance with Albert Einstein. ↗

— Gregory Peck

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It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on finding out what the facts are, than on inquiring what belief is most in harmony with their system. ↗

— Charles Sanders Peirce

#belief #facts #finding #harmony #inquiring

No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power. ↗

— James Cash Penney

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Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. ↗

— Maurice Ravel

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The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. ↗

— Martha Washington

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I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I think it should be. ↗

— Wayne Rogers

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And while his mother's lecture had gone over his seven-year-old head, Pasquale saw now what she meant--how much easier life would be if our intentions and our desires could always be aligned. ↗

— Jess Walter

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I want to consistently play well and win titles. I'm only at the beginning. ↗

— Cristiano Ronaldo

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That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction. ↗

— David O. Russell

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