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Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books Picture Quote #1

If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part Picture Quote #1

Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works Picture Quote #1

They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die. I'll wink and couch; no man their works must eye Picture Quote #1

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly Picture Quote #1

I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later Picture Quote #1

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It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get Picture Quote #1

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain Picture Quote #1

Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence Picture Quote #1

I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss? Picture Quote #1

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else Picture Quote #1

McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book as object Picture Quote #1

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Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication Picture Quote #1

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves Picture Quote #1

Happiness is a choice every single day. It's an attitude that starts on the inside and works its way out Picture Quote #1

It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven Picture Quote #1

Every Teen Challenge ministry is responsible for raising its own finances, but we assist these works with finances, prayer and counseling, especially overseas in areas such as Siberia, Africa, South America Picture Quote #1

If you really want to show power in it's larger aspects, you need to show the effects on the powerless, for good or ill - the human cost of public works. That's what I try to do, show not only how power works but it's effect on people Picture Quote #1

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What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them! Picture Quote #1

I've been to enough other countries in the world to know what happens when you have socialized single payer health care. It works. People don't get sick as much. They don't lose their life savings with a catastrophic illness like cancer or AIDS Picture Quote #1

The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by it's works of genius, of erudition, and of science Picture Quote #1

All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination Picture Quote #1

I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. the brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience Picture Quote #1

You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There's no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you're finished. It's impossible to predict anything Picture Quote #1

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I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to understand the world can profit from the works of Plato and Socrates, the behaviour of the three Thomases, Aquinas, more and Jefferson - the austere analyses of Immanuel Kant and the political leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt Picture Quote #1

The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share Picture Quote #1

We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works it's way up to a climax Picture Quote #1

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his sort-comings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned Picture Quote #1

Nature, through all her works, in great degree, borrows a blessing from variety. Music itself her needful aid requires to rouse the soul, and wake our dying fires Picture Quote #1

Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, and drawl out measured prose, which they call verse Picture Quote #1

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Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books (Works Quotes) If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part (Works Quotes) Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works (Works Quotes) They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die. I'll wink and couch; no man their works must eye (Works Quotes) Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly (Works Quotes) I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later (Works Quotes) It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get (Works Quotes) Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain (Works Quotes) Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence (Works Quotes) I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss? (Works Quotes) Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else (Works Quotes) McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book as object (Works Quotes) Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication (Works Quotes) To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves (Works Quotes) Happiness is a choice every single day. It's an attitude that starts on the inside and works its way out (Works Quotes) It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven (Works Quotes) Every Teen Challenge ministry is responsible for raising its own finances, but we assist these works with finances, prayer and counseling, especially overseas in areas such as Siberia, Africa, South America (Works Quotes) If you really want to show power in it's larger aspects, you need to show the effects on the powerless, for good or ill - the human cost of public works. That's what I try to do, show not only how power works but it's effect on people (Works Quotes) What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them! (Works Quotes) I've been to enough other countries in the world to know what happens when you have socialized single payer health care. It works. People don't get sick as much. They don't lose their life savings with a catastrophic illness like cancer or AIDS (Works Quotes) The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by it's works of genius, of erudition, and of science (Works Quotes) All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination (Works Quotes) I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. the brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience (Works Quotes) You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There's no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you're finished. It's impossible to predict anything (Works Quotes) I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to understand the world can profit from the works of Plato and Socrates, the behaviour of the three Thomases, Aquinas, more and Jefferson - the austere analyses of Immanuel Kant and the political leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt (Works Quotes) The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share (Works Quotes) We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works it's way up to a climax (Works Quotes) The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his sort-comings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned (Works Quotes) Nature, through all her works, in great degree, borrows a blessing from variety. Music itself her needful aid requires to rouse the soul, and wake our dying fires (Works Quotes) Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, and drawl out measured prose, which they call verse (Works Quotes)

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