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Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

~Alfred North Whitehead

Topics: Adventure Art Flourishes Sense Where

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Our societies have experienced the magic that occurs when pluralism flourishes and the marginalized assume their proper powers. But loss stalks those victories, as millions revolt against change and supremacies resurface.

~Anand Giridharadas

Topics: Against Assume Change Experienced Flourishes Loss Magic Marginalized Millions Occurs Our Pluralism Powers Proper Revolt Societies Those Victories

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It's only when you're privy to the conversations and a member of the production team that you can direct the course of a series and make sure it flourishes.

~Andre Braugher

Topics: Conversations Course Direct Flourishes Make Member Only Production Series Sure Team You

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Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores.

~Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Almost Bring Circumstances Commerce Contingent Flourishes Our Precarious Shores Transitory Waves Winds

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A lot of times, in a store, clothes appear strange to me, their cuts or flourishes arbitrary. Why is this look stylish now? How long will it be stylish for? It's slightly embarrassing to admit this - because, as a novelist, I'm supposed to be observant - but I'm flummoxed by the way other women dress.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: Admit Appear Arbitrary Because Clothes Cuts Dress Embarrassing Flourishes How Long Look Lot Me Novelist Now Observant Other Slightly Store Strange Stylish Supposed Times Way Why Will Women

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Humans are remarkable: the first species in almost four billion years of life on earth that dominates the biosphere. This gives us the power, in principle, to build societies in which everyone flourishes. But it also creates great dangers because it is not clear that we really understand how to use our potentially devastating powers.

~David Christian

Topics: Almost Also Because Billion Build Clear Creates Dangers Devastating Earth Everyone First Flourishes Four Gives Great How Humans Life Our Potentially Power Powers Principle Really Remarkable Societies Species Understand Us Use Which Years

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Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Affairs Doing Dramatic Drawn Eye Flourishes Foreign Hand Important Job Leaving Like Magician Other Performing Sometimes Unnoticed Watching

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So long as man is protected by madness - he functions - and flourishes.

~Emile M. Cioran

Topics: Flourishes Functions He Long Madness Man Protected

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Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

~Emile M. Cioran

Topics: Ages Belief Flourishes Intelligence Only

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Part of science is the questioning of authority, absolute freedom of ideology. The Soviets did some very good science, but when science ran into ideology, it had trouble. Science flourishes best in a democracy.

~George M. Whitesides

Topics: Absolute Authority Best Democracy Did Flourishes Freedom Good Had Ideology Part Questioning Ran Science Some Soviets Trouble Very

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