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• A wise prince will seek means by which his subjects will always and in every possible condition of things have need of his government, and then they will always be faithful to him.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Wise, Mean, Government

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.33, Race Point Publishing

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• When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance.

  Nikola Tesla

  Real, Distance, Smartphones

  "When woman is boss". "Colliers" Magazine, January 30, 1926.

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• Jesus himself, and most of the message of the Gospels, is a message of service to the poor, a critique of the rich and the powerful, and a pacifist doctrine. And it remained that way, that's what Christianity was up... until Constantine. :Constantine shifted it so the cross, which was the symbol of persecution of somebody working for the poor, was put on the shield of the Roman Empire. It became the symbol for violence and oppression, and that's pretty much what the church has been until the present.

  Noam Chomsky

  Jesus, Powerful, Church

  "Science in the Dock". Science & Theology News Interview, chomsky.info. March 1, 2006.

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• Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.

  Og Mandino

  Art, Practice, Haste

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• Social and political issues in general seem to me fairly simple; the effort to obfuscate them in esoteric and generally vacuous theory is one of the contributions of the intelligentsia to enhancing their own power and the power of those they serve.

  Noam Chomsky

  Simple, Issues, Effort

  Noam Chomsky (2004). “Language and Politics”, p.345, AK Press

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• There are plenty of things that are unknown, but are assumed reasonably to exist, even in the most basic sciences. Maybe 90 percent of the mass-energy in the universe is called "dark," because nobody knows what it is.

  Noam Chomsky

  Dark, Energy, Mass

  "Science in the Dock". Science & Technology News Intreview, chomsky.info. March 1, 2006.

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• Green grass grows where dry desert ends.

  Og Mandino

  Desert, Dry, Green

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• When you're in a commodity business, the only way to thrive is to be a low-cost producer. And when you're selling money, you're in a commodity business.

  Duff McDonald

  Cost, Banking, Way

  Duff McDonald (2009). “Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase”, p.151, Simon and Schuster

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• I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Believe, Expression, Permit

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again.

  Ken Salazar

  Party, Rivers, Water

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• My sculpture thrives in the context of the city, interacting with people in the course of their daily lives.

  Janet Echelman

  Cities, People, Sculpture

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• The future's here already. It's just unevenly distributed.

  William Gibson

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• We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom.

  Slavoj Žižek

  Language, Feels

  Slavoj Žižek (2002). “Welcome to the Desert of the Real!: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates”, p.2, Verso

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• It is of the nature of idea to be communicated: written, spoken, done. The idea is like grass. It craves light, likes crowds, thrives on crossbreeding, grows better for being stepped on.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Light, Ideas, Done

  Ursula K. LeGuin (2015). “The Dispossessed”, p.35, Hachette UK

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• He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Poor Richard

  Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber (1815*). “The Life and Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin”, p.174

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• I have found over the years that American soldiers and airmen thrive on competition.

  William H. Tunner

  Years, Competition, Soldier

  William H. Tunner, United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History (1964). “Over the hump”

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• None thrives for long upon the happiest dream.

  Coventry Patmore

  Dream, Long

  Coventry Patmore (1906). “Poems: The unknown eros, Amelia, etc”

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• Nothing is more evident, I venture to think, as a result of two or three thousand years of social philosophizing, than that society must live and thrive by way of the native impulses of individual human beings.

  William Ernest Hocking

  Thinking, Two, Years

  "Present Status of the Philosophy of Law and of Rights". Book by William Ernest Hocking, Ch. VII, Natural Right, § 30, p. 68, 1926.

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• So long as I can laugh, never will I be poor.

  Og Mandino

  Long, Laughing, Poor

  Og Mandino (2009). “The Greatest Secret in the World”, p.99, Bantam

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• Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.

  Ken Danby

  Art, Expression, Creative

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• I am very sure that my children thrive on structure and need boundaries. I know my children need to know what time they are going to bed or how many more minutes until they are leaving for school, and so I have imposed a structure that allows them to know where they are all day long, every day in life.

  Jessica Seinfeld

  Children, School, Long

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• So far as physics is concerned, time's arrow is a property of entropy alone.

  Arthur Eddington

  Arrows, Physics, Entropy

  Arthur Eddington (2012). “The Nature of the Physical World: Gifford Lectures (1927)”, p.80, Cambridge University Press

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• From a business perspective, the question related to cities and sustainability is clear and compelling: can you have a healthy company in an unhealthy city? Arguably, no. Companies need healthy cities to provide reliable infrastructure, an educated and vital workforce, a vibrant economy, and a safe and secure environment to survive and thrive. Business executives have a lot to learn from cities, and a lot to contribute, and this book shows the way, chronicling the successes and the lessons learned about what it takes to make a city healthy, in every sense of the word.

  Joel Makower

  Book, Cities, Perspective

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• Friendship is a strange animal. It only thrives in voluntary enjoyment of each other's company, in the pleasure of nonobligatory connection. I repeat: You owe me nothing.

  Kate Christensen

  Animal, Connections, Strange

  FaceBook post by Kate Christensen from Apr 16, 2013

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• The Purpose of life is to thrive and save lives with passion! Save Yazidis today with love and compassion!

  Widad Akrawi

  Passion, Purpose, Today

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