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  • Plato Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Ogden Nash Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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  • Bernard Bailyn Everyone knew that democracy-direct rule by all the people-required such spartan, self-denying virtue on the part of all the people that it was likely to survive only where poverty made upright behavior necessary for the perpetuation of the race.
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. III, POWER AND LIBERTY A THEORY OF POLITICS, p
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • A. R. Ammons Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
    A. R. Ammons
    American poet (1926 - 2001)
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  • Baruch Spinoza Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it we must direct our lives in such a way as to please the fancy of men, avoiding what they dislike and seeking what is pleasing to them.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Andrea Dworkin Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating.
    Andrea Dworkin
    American radical feminist and writer (1946 - 2005)
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  • Barry Levinson First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
    Barry Levinson
    American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor (1942 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Folly is the direct pursuit of Happiness and Beauty.
    Maxims for Revolutionists (1903) #103
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Grenville Kleiser Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
    Grenville Kleiser
    Canadian-American author (1868 - 1935)
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  • Bill Maris Google Ventures has a direct financial incentive to ensure the companies we invest in succeed.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Napoleon Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Jeremy Bentham He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.
    Jeremy Bentham
    English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748 - 1832)
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  • Leonardo DaVinci Human subtelty will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.
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  • Tom Hopkins I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.
    Tom Hopkins
    English professional footballer (1911 - )
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  • William Shakespeare I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bev Perdue I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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  • Bev Perdue I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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  • Ben Affleck I've consciously taken on material that's a bit too much for me but not an overreach. The first movie, just about performances. 'The Town,' I learned how to work broader material, develop tension, direct bigger scenes, action sequences. 'Argo,' I experimented with film stock, widened the scope of my geography.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • John Galsworthy Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.
    John Galsworthy
    British writer, playwright (1867 - 1933)
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  • Mao Tse-Tung If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
    Mao Tse-Tung
    Chinese politician (1893 - 1976)
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