David Levinthal Quotes
Toys are intriguing, and I want to see what I can do with them. On a deeper level, they represent one way that society socializes its young
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I record it here today to establish my early predisposition to editorial work - to be both pontifical and wrong.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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Muslims are ordinary members of the working public, just like you.
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I couldn't wait to borrow his 'magic pencil' and try my own hand at drawing these comic-strip characters, ... It was a major discovery, and I was floating on air with excitement.
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Motivation is the key. More than training, more than experience or age, motivation counts. You have to ask yourself: 'Why am I racing?' I race because I like it, because I'm really enjoying it. I like to set up my bike and ride it on track. After 20 years in the GPs I'm still highly motivated. Everything else is a consequence.
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Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.
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Elections are the only way civilized countries can express themselves.
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The sum total of all possible knowledge of God is not possible for a human being, not even through a true revelation. But it is one of the worthiest inquiries to see how far our reason can go in the knowledge of God.
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They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.
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The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.
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The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.
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When we're always connected, we allow others-colleagu es and celebrities, close friends and distant acquaintances, bloggers and news aggregators-set our life's agenda. Our ability to prioritize is paralyzed by the sheer volume of requests, demands, opportunities, and information.
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Reforms are slow, but they never go backward.
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Inflation is like toothpaste. Once it's out, you can hardly get it back in again.
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That's why I like listening to Schubert while I'm driving. Like I said, it's because all his performances are imperfect. A dense, artistic kind of imperfection stimulates your consciousness, keeps you alert. If I listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while I'm driving, I might want to close my eyes and die right then and there. But listening to the D major, I can feel the limits of what humans are capable of - that a certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect. And personally I find that encouraging.
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Children and babies should be held in the most sacred regard. We feel that they're the most natural and true magicians.
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No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine.
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To design a home is to design happiness, to create for ourselves a little piece of joy.
