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I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.

~Dave Eggers

Topics: After Day Encounter Every Every Day Foot Giant Government Human Impact Interested Misplaced

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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.

~David Brin

Topics: Assumptions Been Both Both Sides Contact Encounter Every Fatal First Habit History Individuals Made Making Mistake New Often Proved Sides Throughout Unfortunate Worst

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Maybe it's stress or anger or adrenaline or disillusionment or a bullying nature or simple fear of getting killed themselves, but there is a problem if a cop cannot tell the difference between a menacing gangster and the far more common person they encounter whose life is a little frayed and messy.

~David Horsey

Topics: Adrenaline Anger Between Bullying Cannot Common Cop Difference Disillusionment Encounter Far Fear Gangster Getting Life Life Is A Little Maybe Menacing Messy More Nature Person Problem Simple Stress Tell Themselves Whose

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My most memorable design-related encounter was also one of my most life-changing. I met Joyce Rutter Kaye, 'Print''s editor-in-chief from 1998-2008. It was at 6 A.M. on a cross-country flight from New York to Vancouver for the 2003 National AIGA conference.

~Debbie Millman

Topics: Also Conference Encounter Flight Joyce Life-Changing Memorable Met Most National New New York Vancouver York

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We're all human at the end of the day. That's why I look at every person I encounter the same way.

~Demar Derozan

Topics: Day Encounter End End Of The Day Every Human Look Person Same Way Why

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Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.

~Denis Leary

Topics: Encounter Ever Firefighters Most Public Public Servants Selfless Servants Some Will You

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And I guess I'm a kid at heart in that when I go for entertainment, I want to be totally transported. I want to go somewhere else; I want to encounter different things, different beings, different universes. And so I love that aspect of being able to play those things in both 'True Blood' and in 'American Horror Story.'

~Denis O'Hare

Topics: Able American Aspect Being Beings Blood Both Different Different Things Else Encounter Entertainment Go Guess Heart Horror Kid Love Play Somewhere Somewhere Else Story Things Those Totally True True Blood Universes Want I Love

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In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Act Against Bible Bunch Encounter First Freely Given God Grace He Powerful Sides Slaves

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The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it.

~Don Lemon

Topics: America Best Best Way Care Encounter Health Health Care Health Care System System Way

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The 'Station to Station' film is made entirely out of one-minute films, and each of the 62 minutes is a completely different person, place or encounter.

~Doug Aitken

Topics: Different Different Person Each Encounter Entirely Film Films Made Minutes Out Person Place Station

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