#undertaking

U.S. officials and outside experts agree that China is undertaking a comprehensive modernization of its military. The Chinese military has gotten smaller but smarter. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

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It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party. ↗

— Mary Astell

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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy. ↗

— John Galsworthy

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My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

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I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking. ↗

— Guy Ritchie

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The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Don't mistake activity with achievement. ↗

— John Wooden

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I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers. ↗

— Georg Cantor

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