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Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

~Alphonse De Lamartine

Topics: Affairs Becomes Details History Human Human Affairs Itself Providence

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Market design is about understanding the details of markets in sufficient detail so that we can help fix them when they are broken.

~Alvin E. Roth

Topics: About Broken Design Detail Details Fix Help Market Markets Sufficient Them Understanding

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I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to go out of my way to make people uncomfortable with personal details. I was always fascinated by the idea that we have these weird, random boundaries between what we do and don't show.

~Amanda Palmer

Topics: Addicted Always Been Before Between Boundaries Career Details Fascinated Go Idea Long Make Openness Out People Personal Random Rock Show Since Teenager Terrible Think Uncomfortable Used Way Weird I Think

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I spent a lot of time listening to people. But it's also true that I liked details and listening to people when I was a bartender and when I was a waitress and probably when I was a babysitter as well. I suspect that's part of what drew me to psychotherapy rather than the other way around.

~Amy Bloom

Topics: Also Around Babysitter Bartender Details Drew Liked Listening Lot Me Other Part People Psychotherapy Rather Spent Suspect Than Time True Waitress Way Well

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I feel like sometimes I get even more goofy onstage than I am offstage. I'm not trying to make the music less than what it is. Even if it's hard for me and I have to think about a lot of details, it's none of the audience's business. I don't want them to feel that I'm having a hard time.

~Anat Cohen

Topics: About Am Audience Business Details Even Feel Get Goofy Hard Hard Time Having Less Like Lot Make Me More Music None Onstage Sometimes Than Them Think Time Trying Want I Am I Feel I Feel Like

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I've always written about people who have very abstracted in a certain way. I write about scientists and artists and musicians. I write about people who live in their heads who are very obsessed about a certain set of details in the physical world.

~Andrea Barrett

Topics: About Abstract Always Artists Certain Certain Way Details Heads Live Musicians Obsessed People Physical Physical World Scientists Set Very Way Who World Write Written I Write

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As an astronomer, I get to ignore the details of the things that we don't understand. There's a lot of work that we can do on scales that we do understand, and there is actually a finite size that I can associate with a super massive black hole.

~Andrea M. Ghez

Topics: Actually Associate Astronomer Black Black Hole Details Finite Get Hole Ignore Lot Massive Scales Size Super Things Understand Work I Can

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I'd read 'Paradise Lost' as an undergrad at university but remembered little about it. No, not true: I remembered few details, but carried with me with the persuasive arguments and pitiable dilemma of its arguable protagonist, Satan.

~Andrew Pyper

Topics: About Argument Carried Details Dilemma Few Little Lost Me Paradise Persuasive Protagonist Read Remembered Satan True University

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I couldn't sleep for nights on end, as my brain felt like there were thoughts colliding within it; I obsessed over small details, from saving pennies and polishing each one of them to washing my clothing over and over in the washing machine.

~Andy Behrman

Topics: Brain Clothing Details Each Each One End Felt Like Machine Nights Obsessed Over Pennies Saving Sleep Small Them Thoughts Washing Washing Machine Were Within

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I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew me away the creative artistic approach that the designers had taken.

~Andy Hertzfeld

Topics: Apple Approach Artistic Away Blew Bought Creative Designers Details Dug Great Had Just Knew Me Taken

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