Quotes with directly

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  • Joan Didion I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction.
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Agatha Christie I don't think necessity is the mother of invention — invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
    An Autobiography (1977) part III, sect. 2
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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  • Alan Parsons I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.
    Alan Parsons
    English audio engineer, songwriter, musician (1948 - )
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  • Lisa Alther I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.
    Lisa Alther
    American author and novelist (1944 - )
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  • Arnold Schoenberg I owe very, very much to Mozart; and if one studies, for instance, the way in which I write for string quartet, then one cannot deny that I have learned this directly from Mozart. And I am proud of it!
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  • Abigail Adams I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
    Abigail Adams
    Wife of John Adams (1744 - 1818)
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  • Ben Goldacre If a scientist sidesteps their scientific peers, and chooses to take an apparently changeable, frightening and technical scientific case directly to the public, then that is a deliberate decision, and one that can't realistically go unnoticed.
    Ben Goldacre
    British physician, academic (1974 - )
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  • Arthur Godfrey If I go to a seminar and someone like you or someone like him is talking, I'm never part of the group that rushes him directly afterward. I always wait in the back corner with my head down until everyone is gone, and then I go up and do my thing.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Andrew Coyle Bradley In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama, to start directly from the facts, and to collect from them gradually an idea of Shakespearean Tragedy.
    Andrew Coyle Bradley
    American lawyer (1844 - 1902)
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  • Guy Debord In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation.
    Guy Debord
    French philosopher (1931 - 1994)
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  • William James Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Allen Klein It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Bob Edwards It's also a more personal medium. It seems to go directly to one's brain. There are no pictures to distract.
    Bob Edwards
    American broadcast journalist
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  • Bram Cohen It's always hard to predict what's coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to distribute their own work directly.
    Bram Cohen
    American computer programmer (1975 - )
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  • Albert Einstein Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Ben Bernanke Many foreclosed homes are neglected or abandoned, as legal proceedings or other factors delay their resale. Deteriorating or vacant properties can, in turn, directly affect the quality of life in a neighborhood, for example, by leading to increases in vandalism or crime.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Socrates Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Margaret Mead Our humility rest upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.
    Margaret Mead
    American cultural anthropologist (1901 - 1978)
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  • Bob Iger People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.
    Bob Iger
    American business executive (1951 - )
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