“ A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. ”
- Jean Paul Richter- Copy
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“ False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared. ”
- Charles de Montesquieu- Copy
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“ I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town. ”
- William Howard Taft- Copy
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“ Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness, and ugliness. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ Price fixing does not represent simply windfall gains and losses to particular groups according to whether the price happens to be set higher or lower than it would be otherwise. It represents a net lose to the economy as a whole to the extent that many transactions do not take place at all, because the mutually acceptable possibilities have been reduced. ”
- Thomas Sowell- Copy
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“ I think the vampire represents somebody who's transcended time and transformed himself into an immortal and becomes like a dark saint — a being with all the powers that transcend the corruptible. He represents the longing for immortality and freedom… ”
- Anne Rice- Copy
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“ It is not enough for theory to describe and analyse, it must itself be an event in the universe it describes. In order to do this theory must partake of and become the acceleration of this logic. It must tear itself from all referents and take pride only in the future… ”
- Jean Baudrillard- Copy
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“ If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur. ”
- Pablo Picasso- Copy
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“ The best way to describe silence is to say nothing — but what grace! ”
- Gene Wolfe- Copy
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“ Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves. ”
- Werner Heisenberg- Copy
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“ She's had some great longevity. I think Michelle will represent the U.S. well, if she's healthy. ”
- Scott Hamilton- Copy
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“ It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity. ”
- John Templeton- Copy
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“ I can sum up none of my plays. I can describe none of them, except to say: That is what happened. That is what they said. That is what they did. ”
- Harold Pinter- Copy
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“ The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any. ”
- Russell Baker- Copy
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“ You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else. ”
- Michael Ondaatje- Copy
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“ As the ego cogito, subjectivity is the consciousness that represents something, relates this representation back to itself, and so gathers with itself. ”
- Martin Heidegger- Copy
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“ If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing. ”
- W. Edwards Deming- Copy
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“ Law describes the way things would work if men were angels. ”
- Christopher Dawson- Copy
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“ In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. ”
- Larry Summers- Copy
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“ We are trying to describe the indescribable. It's impossible, but I'm going to try it anyway, and take what you can from it. ”
- Jimmy Webb- Copy
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“ Visions describe what best should be, could be - if and when mankind has the will to make them real. ”
- James Rouse- Copy
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