#wards

In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#gave #give #how #measure #money

The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it, as afterwards. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#advent #afterwards #before #certain #elect

I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#beans #could #i #mean #roomful

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#caring #effort #experience #garden #gardener

If you're writing a piece for the Boston Pops, the balance is towards one end. If you're writing a piece for a chamber music society, then it's towards another point. I won't make a final answer on that. I think it changes with every piece. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#answer #balance #boston #chamber #changes

If you think you've already made it, that's when you can fall short and go backwards. I'm constantly pushing forward and chasing the element of perfection. ↗

— Jason Derulo

#backwards #chasing #constantly #element #fall

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#afterwards #became #each #i #other

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#first step #incredulity #philosophy #step #towards

My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It's about making the best kind of image I can make, it's about talking as clearly as I can. ↗

— Jim Dine

#attitude #best #clearly #drawing #i

Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal. ↗

— Larry Dixon

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