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The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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They say that shadows of deceased ghosts Do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose life's lamp went untimely out, Delighting still in their forsaken hosts. ↗

— Joshua Sylvester

#deceased #delighting #forsaken #ghosts #graves

A week of sweeping fogs has passed over and given me a strange sense of exile and desolation. I walk round the island nearly every day, yet I can see nothing anywhere but a mass of wet rock, a strip of surf, and then a tumult of waves. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#day #desolation #every #every day #exile

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#openly #praise #reprove #secret #them

No company should depend on one person no matter how that person is smart or genius, whether it's Apple or News Corp, or Citibank or any other company in the world. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#apple #citibank #company #corp #depend

It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs. ↗

— Jim Talent

#because #clear #continue #done #federal

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day job and my spare time were sort of taken care of. ↗

— Amy Tan

#both #care #concert #concert pianist #day

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #mothers #forgiveness

We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but in our heart of hearts we are well assured that the truth which has made us free, will in the end make us glad also. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#also #assured #end #follow #free

Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally. ↗

— Kenneth Lay

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