The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
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Florence Kelley – Hence within the space of two ge…
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Story Musgrave – Their spirituality was in nature …
Their spirituality was in nature even though Emerson was a preacher on the pulpit he ended up going out into nature for direct face-to-face communication with God if you want to call all of this creation part of God.
Bono – So what we’re talking about here is human r…
So what we’re talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live period. And what we’re facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.
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Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.
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Andrew Coyle Bradley – In approaching our subject …
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – For me the greatest bea…
For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
John Davidson – My approach is so simple every son…
My approach is so simple every song I sing every story I tell every move I make must move the audience to laughter tears or inspiration. Otherwise why do it? It’s the communication.
Mary Douglas – Mormons… are so strong they can h…
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Jules Renard – There are places and moments in whi…
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.
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These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place because those people generally don’t know what it’s like.
Charles Baudelaire – Even in the centuries which a…
Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction.
Dan Rather – To err is human but to really foul up…
To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.
Nick Rahall – A resilient people cherishing libert…
A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure.
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Your most precious valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You and you alone can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery – A designer knows he has…
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to take away.
Jack Hanna – I had a very famous trainer tell me o…
I had a very famous trainer tell me once ‘You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal ever.’ They are always going to be wild no matter what anybody says.
Marilyn Monroe – Beauty and femininity are ageless…
Beauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived and glamour although the manufacturers won’t like this cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour it’s based on femininity.
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To err is human but to really foul things up you need a computer.
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Then stirs the feeling infinite so felt In solitude where we are least alone.
Donald Norman – In my opinion no single design is …
In my opinion no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.