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Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality.

~Arthur Keith

Topics: Agriculture Before Being Determined Discovery Divided Each Everywhere Fertility Group Mankind Natural Size

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The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

~Arthur Koestler

Topics: Afterwards Discovery More Obvious Original Seems

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I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India.

~Arthur L. Herman

Topics: British British Empire Discovery Empire Even Gandhi Guess How Ideal India Long Loyal Most Remained Surprising

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The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

~Arthur Schopenhauer

Topics: Appearance Directly Discovery Effectively Error False Mislead More Opinion Powers Preconceived Prejudice Present Reasoning Things Truth Truth Is Weakness Which

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Communion was born out of shared frustration in 2006. We felt that although the likes of MySpace and YouTube opened up the playing field for songwriters online, people's discovery of these new artists was only skin deep.

~Ben Lovett

Topics: Although Artists Born Communion Deep Discovery Felt Field Frustration Likes Myspace New Online Only Opened Out People Playing Playing Field Shared Skin Songwriters Up Youtube

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There are different angles you have to work with as a hitter. Figuring out with my body what helps me get into those angles... is a constant discovery.

~Ben Zobrist

Topics: Angles Body Constant Different Discovery Figuring Get Helps Hitter Me Out Those Work You

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Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be.

~Benjamin Tucker

Topics: Contrary Description Discovery Function Making Means On The Contrary Should Socialism Society

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Working with the children on 'Matilda' has been a joy. They don't do this professionally - their sense of discovery is instinctive, and the challenge for us adults is to keep that going in ourselves when we're doing it for the fiftieth or the hundredth time. To my delight and amazement, it hasn't gone stale - we discover it freshly every time.

~Bertie Carvel

Topics: Adult Amazement Been Challenge Children Delight Discover Discovery Doing Every Every Time Going Gone Instinctive Joy Keep Ourselves Professionally Sense Stale Time Us Working

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I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

~Bertrand Russell

Topics: Convinced Discovery Every Every Time Feel Gardener Happiness Longer Made Odd Opposite Possibility Quite Sure Talk Time I Feel

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Lyon is unusual and seems to be exceptionally incompetent at publicising itself. In fact, it doesn't want visitors. It fears discovery.

~Bill Buford

Topics: Discovery Exceptionally Fact Fears In Fact Incompetent Itself Seems Unusual Visitors Want

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