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«I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
(Architect, Engineer, Painter, Sculptor)
| About:
Action,
Doing Your Best
| Keywords:
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«I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.»
Author: Robert McCloskey
| About:
Confusion,
Funny,
Listening,
Understanding
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«It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.»
«If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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also known as, be, called, call at, call out, call up, Did you know, doing, done up, knew, not, research, researched, researches, researching, The Calling, The More You Know, Was, were, WHAT, would
«Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Questioning
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all important, Any Questions, For, from, hope, How We Live, important, is not, learn, live, live over, not, Only Yesterday, out of the question, questioning, stop, thing, today, tomorrow, yesterday
«It's not that I'm so smart , it's just that I stay with problems longer .»
«It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Confession,
Guilt
| Keywords:
absolution, Both of Us, Come With Us, confession, Confessions, given any, gives, give out, not, priest, that, The Confession, U.S., us
«If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it»
«If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ... I get most joy in life out of music.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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After life, be, come to life, daydream, daydreaming, Daydreams, for music, get, Getting There, Get A Life, He Who Gets, in terms of, joy, life, live, more often than not, most, music, musician, Music I, not, often, oftenest, out, outs, physicist, probably, see, See Saw, termed, terms, think, This Is Your Life, To Joy, were, would
«I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| Keywords:
am, even, evens, even out, even up, get a look, have a look, is, I am, I Think I Do, like, looking, looking at, look out on, look up to, moon, mooning, moon on, not, take a look, that, The, there, The Moon, think, think out, think over, think up, this evening, well thought out
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