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Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

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Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

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Finally, as the digestive canal is a complex system, a series of separate chemical laboratories, I cut the connections between them in order to investigate the course of phenomena in each particular laboratory; thus I resolved the digestive canal into several separate parts. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

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Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

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There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

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You look at shows like The Simpsons or Larry Sanders or Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, they're really sophisticated shows that we all love back home. ↗

— Simon Pegg

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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. ↗

— Tom Peters

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Approach every film with the same enthusiasm, regardless of its budget. ↗

— Lou Diamond Phillips

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The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects. ↗

— Jean Piaget

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