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The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does. What it does is become discontent with that-which-is. A desire arises, you satisfy that desire, and another arises in its place. ↗

— George Saunders

#arises #asking #become #close #constantly

We didn't set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don't purport that what we do is real science but we're demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity. ↗

— Adam Savage

#demonstrating #educators #engage #even #methodology

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#almost #analyze #any #argument #statistics

Scientists and creationists are always at odds, of course. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#course #creationists #odds #scientists

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#english #his #mastery #minds #mislead

I did six series for the BBC and that was enough. I've been writing for ten years, which is more challenging artistically. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#bbc #been #challenging #did #enough

I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a performer and a recording artist, that I wasn't saying anything. ↗

— Boz Scaggs

#anything #artist #felt #had #hits

I think that it can be said of a lot of artists, and myself included, that we made the same record over and over from the beginning. ↗

— Boz Scaggs

#beginning #i #i think #included #lot

I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain. ↗

— Gerald Scarfe

#artist #bit #brain #computer #experiences

Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour strike. It shows how far to the right the Labour Party's gone. ↗

— Arthur Scargill

#british #british people #call #contrast #democrats