Quotes with special-experience

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  • Arthur Cayley Not that the propositions of geometry are only approximately true, but that they remain absolutely true in regard to that Euclidean space which has been so long regarded as being the physical space of our experience.
    Arthur Cayley
    British mathematician (1821 - 1895)
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  • Walter Pater Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the end.
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  • Auguste Rodin Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
    Auguste Rodin
    French sculptor (1840 - 1917)
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  • Douglas Adams Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • W. Channing Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.
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  • Amos Bronson Alcott Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    American educator and social reformer (1799 - 1888)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Obstinacy is a fault of temperament. Stubbornness and intolerance of contradiction result from a special kind of egotism, which elevates above everything else the pleasure of its autonomous intellect, to which others must bow.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Bruce Babbitt Obviously I wouldn't have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really believe that. It's been a marvelous and important experience.
    Bruce Babbitt
    American attorney and politician (1938 - )
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  • Philip Roth Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Barbara Olson Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
    Barbara Olson
    American lawyer (1955 - 2001)
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  • Bill Watterson Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer.... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?
    Bill Watterson
    American cartoonist (1958 - )
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  • Beth Ditto Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene. The culture shock continued; Olympia had bagels! We didn't have bagels in Arkansas. You could order vegetarian food all over town! It was so crazy to me - a place with so many vegetarians, the restaurants made special dishes for them?
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Angela Merkel On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Willis On the one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars.
    Bruce Willis
    American actor, producer, and singer (1955 - )
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  • Gail Godwin One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.
    Gail Godwin
    American novelist and short story writer (1937 - )
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  • Bre Pettis One of the criticisms we get is, 'Does the world need more plastic crap?' But you have to look beyond the plastic crap, to the design, to the experience, to the empowering nature of the MakerBot and the community.
    Bre Pettis
    American entrepreneur and video blogger
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  • Anish Kapoor One of the great currents in the contemporary experience of art is that it seems to come out of the experience of the author.
    Anish Kapoor
    British Indian sculptor (1954 - )
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  • Norman Vincent Peale One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • James Russell Lowell One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • James Baldwin One writes out of one thing only-one's own experience.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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