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«The devil himself had probably redesigned Hell in the light of information he had gained from observing airport layouts»
Author: Anthony Price
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Devil
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airport, gained, layout, layouts, observing, the Airport
«The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether»
Author: Bessie Stanley
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accomplished, filled, gained, intelligent, laughed, leaves, lived, niche, niches, respect, task
«The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.»
«Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.»
Author: Herbert Spencer
(Philosopher)
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ardently, gained, objects, pursue, sources, unexpected
«The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one»
«Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.»
Author: Bill Cosby
(Actor, Comedian, Producer)
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cumulative, gained, generation, incredibly, previous, raising, repeats, riskiest, risky
«There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Knowledge,
Pleasure
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gained, pleasure, useless
«There is much in the Bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that I regret the necessity which has compelled me to read it through from beginning to end. I do not think that the knowledge which I have gained of its history and sources compensates me for the unpleasant details it has forced upon my attention.»
Author: Helen Keller
(Author, Educator)
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compelled, compensated, compensates, details, forced, gained, rebels, sources, The Knowledge, unpleasant
«There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.»
«The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Ideas
| Keywords:
gained, practically, twenty, Twenty Five
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