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You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.

~Felix Adler

Topics: Attempt Bake Because Bread Build Done Garments Houses Ill Know Less Make More More Or Less Nor Own Simply Things Were Would You Your

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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.

~Fernando Botero

Topics: Adopt Artist Attempt Attracted Certain Even Form Intuitively Justify Kinds Knowing Later Only Position Rationalize Why Without You

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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

~Fran Lebowitz

Topics: Any Attempt Behavior Death Inner Inner Peace Nervousness Only Otherwise Peace Prove Thing Unacceptable

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If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

~Francesco Guicciardini

Topics: Accomplish Almost Attempt Become Been Before Certain Certain Things Done Easy Even Fact Fail Get Impossible In Fact Often Only Right Right Time Them Themselves Things Time Undertake Will Would You

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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Art Attempt Fashion Forms Intercourse Living Only Realize Social

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If the code does indeed have some logical foundation then it is legitimate to consider all the evidence, both good and bad, in any attempt to deduce it.

~Francis Crick

Topics: Any Attempt Bad Both Code Consider Does Evidence Foundation Good Good And Bad Indeed Legitimate Logical Some Then

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To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Attempt Cannot Darkness Falsehood Knowing Light See Seeing Truth Without

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British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt.

~Frederick Banting

Topics: Any Attack Attempt Back British Fold Forces Germans Give May Measure Position Should Ten

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I picked up my college copy of 'The Great Gatsby' in an attempt to recover from the movie and was interested to find out what I'd underlined. The answer was basically: everything.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Answer Attempt Basically College Copy Everything Find Great Great Gatsby Interested Movie Out Picked Recover Up

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Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.

~Gary Zukav

Topics: Anything Attempt Change Change The World Distraction Every External Feel Flight Make Order Ourselves Pain Person Power Powerlessness Pursuit Safe Valuable World Worthy Yourself

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