#though

Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the whole of astronomy, whereas nothing is required but an easily effected and unimportant correction to put everything right again. ↗

— Ernst Mach

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It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible. ↗

— Arthur Machen

#better #contemptible #department #exquisite #fail

Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#although #choice #comfortable #culture #familiar

I was looking at a photograph of the 1997 election campaign yesterday, and I thought: 'My God. Did I really have that hairstyle? And that Tory blue suit?' ↗

— Theresa May

#campaign #did #election #god #hairstyle

I mean, that was a throwaway thought, because my focus was - my intent and my focus was to never go public. ↗

— Andrea Mackris

#focus #go #i #intent #mean

No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#experience #gained #given #how #ideas

We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing. ↗

— William H. Macy

#emotionally #even #free #huge #huge thing

When Fargo came out, I hired a publicist for the first time in my life. I thought, if ever I was going to make it, that was then. ↗

— William H. Macy

#ever #fargo #first #first time #going

All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one wishes to define computation will determine your view of what computation consists of. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#consists #define #determine #how #information

My mother died of lung cancer last year. I felt helpless. As an economist, I thought, 'What can I do?' ↗

— Andrew Lo

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