“ The things people discard tell more about them than the things they keep. ”
- Hilda Lawrence- Copy
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“ It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young. ”
- Konrad Lorenz- Copy
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“ Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have out-lived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts. ”
- William Orville Douglas- Copy
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“ A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants. ”
- Karl Kraus- Copy
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“ Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. ”
- Doug Horton- Copy
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“ Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ I have been like a child walking along the shore line. Quickly discarding one sea shell for another of more outward beauty — never to know the pearl within! ”
- Robert Anthony- Copy
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“ The ideal of brotherhood of man, the building of the Just City, is one that cannot be discarded without lifelong feelings of disappointment and loss. But, if we are to live in the real world, discard it we must. Its very nobility makes the results of its breakdown doubly horrifying, and it breaks down, as it always will, not by some external agency but because it cannot work. ”
- Kingsley Amis- Copy
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“ In order to arrive at paydirt, the valuable ore they are seeking, miners must sift through and discard a great deal of worthless material known as "the overburden." In personal terms, our individual overburden can obscure the gleam of a creative gift… ”
- Julie Cameron- Copy
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“ You see for me, America is an idea. It is a stage for transformation. I felt when I came to Iowa City from Calcutta that suddenly I could be a new person … What America offers me is romanticism and hope … Suddenly, I found myself in a country whereheoretically, anywayerit counts, where I could choose to discard that part of my history that I want, and invent a whole new history for myself… ”
- Bharati Mukeriee- Copy
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“ To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard. If one changes internally, one should not continue to live with the same objects. They reflect one's mind and psyche of yesterday. I throw away what has no dynamic, living use. ”
- Anais Nin- Copy
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“ The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles. ”
- David Mamet- Copy
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“ Some people, in working towards a goal, find themselves seized by inertia when it comes time for action. If this should happen to you, despite the small graduated steps, then it is time to re examine your goal. Consider how important it actually is and then either discard the goal and replace it with a more suitable one or continue the steps with a renewed sense of the value of achieving it. ”
- Fitzhugh Dodson- Copy
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