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When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun. Benjamin Hoff
Why were Jack and his brother digging post holes? A fence there would run parallel to the one that already enclosed the farmyard. The Welches had no animals to keep in or out - a fence there could serve no purpose. Their work was pointless. Years later, while I was waiting for a boat to take me across the river, I watched two Vietnamese women methodically hitting a discarded truck tire with sticks. They did it for a good long while, and were still doing it when I crossed the river. They... Tobias Wolff
The purpose of history is to explain the present - to say why the world around us is the way it is. History tells us what is important in our world, and how it came to be. It tells us what is to be ignored, or discarded. That is true power - profound power. The power to define a whole society. Michael Crichton
Mark Twain quote: "In discarding the monkey and substituting man, our Father in..."
In discarding the monkey and substituting man, our Father in Heaven did the monkey an undeserved injustice. Mark Twain
Art is the production of objects for consumption, to be used and discarded while waiting for a new world in which man will have succeeded in freeing himself of everything, even of his own consciousness. Eugenio Montale
Ludwig von Mises quote: "To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable...."
To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war. Ludwig von Mises
That certainly is one approach to take. My own is to acknowledge the inner child and try to work with my first fascination with science fiction. I have tried to build on its idea content and narrative drive rather than to discard them. James Gunn
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at..."
Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear. John Kenneth Galbraith
If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government. Tommy Franks
Benjamin Franklin quote: "Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the..."
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. Benjamin Franklin
As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded. Tom Ford
Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can see through and discard all the norms to which we have been falsely enslaved. Stanley Fish
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future. Benjamin Disraeli
I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't. Jack Dee
Claude Debussy quote: "How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the..."
How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling. Claude Debussy

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