#tie

The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961. ↗

— Ben Stein

#american #as far as #average #capabilities #compared

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#believed #century #does #nineteenth #nineteenth century

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#declared #i #more #never #patience

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#athlete #authorities #chances #even #forty

The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#getting #helpful #insightful #involves #lost

I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have my other name, which is my legal name under which I own property and vote. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

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Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#duties #easy #most #prayer #sweetest

I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#any #attached #before #being #freedom

I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#again #done #faith #family #fill

But basically what I like are the possibilities, and the fantasy element of the show. Not science fantasy so much, but fantasy, the humanistic elements and how people relate when they're in a dire situation or comedic situation. ↗

— Fisher Stevens

#comedic #dire #element #elements #fantasy