Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

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You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this.

Robert Plant

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find , lot , stuff

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There are just moments when all the stars are aligned for breakthrough products.

John Sculley

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just , moments , stars

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My goal for technology has always been to reach a point where the technological mediation becomes invisible.

Richard Powers

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technology

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Maybe that's what life is... A wink of the eye and winking stars.

Jack Kerouac

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maybe , life , wink

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It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages is the only sure foundation of liberty, and that such equality may best, and perhaps only, be obtained by a union of interests and cooperation in labor.

Francis Wright

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equality

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When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.

Leonard Cohen

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stop , thinking , yourself

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If California was its own country, it would have the 6th largest economy in the world.

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california , own , would

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When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.

Hannah Kearney

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won , gold , medal

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The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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intelligence

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He that is warm thinks all so.

English Proverb

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he , warm , thinks

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There are 25 species of hamster.

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species

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After this incident, the superintendent wanted to have a method to quickly identify threats before any harm might occur.

Keith Ward

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after , wanted , method , quickly , identify

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I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for.

Robert Caro

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think , president , obama

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The worth of a prize depends on the people who have received it before you.

Antonio Munoz Molina

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worth , prize , depends

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Even the coolest jobs get stultifying with repetition, and the only way to break that cycle is to bring another job into the mix.

Mary H.K. Choi

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even , coolest , jobs

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"Darth vader" is derived from old dutch, meaning "Dark father"

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vader , derived , old

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"Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye."

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based , which , nothing

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"Eating crow" is an old expression defined by the Urban Dictionary to mean "When you make a mistake and are forced to acknowledge it humbly".

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facts

Proverbs

"Fie upon thee, how black thou art!" said the kettle to the saucepan.

Danish Proverb

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how , black , thou , said , kettle

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"Finger Lickin' Good" had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first KFC outlets in the country, the famous phrase became "Eat your fingers off"

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good , had , bit

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"Finger Lickin' Good" had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first outlets in the country, the famous phrase became "eat your fingers off".

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facts

Proverbs

"For example" is not proof.

Yiddish Proverb

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proverbs, yiddish-proverb

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"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen."

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millions , mankind , lived

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"Force me, and I shall commit no sin," said the girl.

German Proverb

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shall , commit , said

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"Fox tossing" was once a popular sport.

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tossing , once , popular

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"Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel."

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two , great , theorem

Proverbs

"Give me a push from my back" does not mean give me a hunchback.

Nigerian Proverb

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me , push , does , mean , give

Facts

"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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facts

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"Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition."

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culture , born , good

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"Great cry and little wool," said the fool, when he sheared a pig.

German Proverb

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cry , little , said , he

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

– Mignon McLaughlin –

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