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We define organic order as the kind of order that is achieved when there is a perfect balance between the needs of the parts, and the needs of the whole. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#balance #between #define #kind #needs

I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me. ↗

— Khandi Alexander

#comedy #done #enough #everything #feel

Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#begins #calculated #delayed #desired #desiring

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#climb #mountains #out #pebble #shoe

Do I think I can take 20 carries now? Well, I think finally last week and this is week was probably the first time I could probably say, yeah, I could take 20 carries and go do some damage. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#could #damage #finally #first #first time

If I could have one superpower, I'd want to have the power of mind over matter. I'd want to be able to move things and people with my mind. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#could #i #if i could #matter #mind

I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#i #independent #roots #wanted #weird

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#fifty #his #life #man #same

Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I'm happy. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#any #fight #forms #fundamentalism #happy

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#august #being #coat #comes #damn