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It was a very difficult 10 years of very hard work. ↗

— Jeffrey Skilling

#hard #hard work #very #work #years

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. ↗

— B. F. Skinner

#best #circumstances #failure #may #mistake

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is. ↗

— B. F. Skinner

#came #decisions #design #did #direct

It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far. ↗

— Cornelia Otis Skinner

#appears #been #curious #darwinian #darwinian theory

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story. ↗

— Rebecca Skloot

#book #me #people #story #telling

I also had Wonder Woman Underoos that I really liked. I actually wore them as an outfit to school. ↗

— Jennifer Sky

#also #had #i #liked #outfit

Often doctors didn't even tell you what was wrong with you. They just treated you, and sent you home. ↗

— Rebecca Skloot

#even #home #just #often #sent

Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism. ↗

— Josef Skvorecky

#criticism #golden #literature #look #lovers

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses. ↗

— Josef Skvorecky

#book #even #every #everyone #exception

The '80s were fabulous. The '90s sucked, and the '70s were just a sad, sad time in human history. Go 1980s! There's something that's just so cute about that time. And not just yellow nail polish and 'I'm a loner.' ↗

— Jennifer Sky

#cute #fabulous #go #history #human