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It can be absurd, cantankerous, self-destructive and pompous, but it is never crass Peter Roebuck
self forgotten truest
In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self. Richard Paul Evans
selfishness disguise inspection
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise. Richard Dawkins
selfish earth rebel
We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
selfish eye sight
Natural selection, the blind, unconscious, automatic process which Darwin discovered, and which we now know is the explanation forthe existence and apparently purposeful form of all life, has no purpose in mind. It has no mind and no mind's eye. It does not plan for the future. It has no vision, no foresight, no sight at all. If it can be said to play the role of the watchmaker in nature, it is the blind watchmaker.
self errors intuition
The question I try and ask myself when I consider whether or not to train more is what is my body craving and what is my body ready to absorb? Sometimes pushing harder is not the answer. It takes self control, confidence, and intuition to know when to train and when to rest, but when in question error on the side of being over rested. Ryan Hall
selfish compassion people
How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish to be trusted, if left free, to give away enough to make people comfortable enough to give them a chance. Yet if all this is ordered for us, as to some extent it has to be, it so soon leads to tyranny. It is a very difficult problem. If only human beings had more pity, unselfishness, and justice and didn't need coercion to treat each other decently. Rose Macaulay
self criticism desert
Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood. Tryon Edwards
self mountain way
If you have a high-way on Everest, you don't meet the mountain. If everything is prepared, and you have a guide who is responsible for your security, you cannot meet the mountain. Meeting mountains is only possible if you . . . are out there in self-sufficiency. Reinhold Messner
originality aim
I really do not aim at any originality. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
originality unfaithful translate
The original is unfaithful to the translation. Jorge Luis Borges
originality fame comic
I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. Steve Martin
originality sometimes worn
Sometimes you have to be worn out and burnt out to become authentic and original. Michael Eisner
originality
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality. John Steinbeck
originality imitation originals
It is always better to be an original than an imitation. Theodore Roosevelt
originality enough accepted
Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms. Anthony Storr
originality heard originals
If they haven't heard it before it's original. Gene Fowler
accuracy check
I'd check that for accuracy because I think that's untrue. John Gould
accuracy across concern dealing designing doubles essence extension program scoring spring testing tests volumes
The concern is, with the extension of that program, a lot of the vendors that are designing and scoring these tests are dealing with volumes of tests that they have not experienced before, as the testing program in essence doubles this spring across the country. It's a high-stakes test, and accuracy is so important. John Curtin
accuracy becoming build hit itself media policing public takes
The media's credibility takes a short-term hit with these public corrections. But ... the media is becoming very skillful at policing itself - which will build its accuracy in the future. Matthew Felling
accuracy anybody ball hit practice takes
Accuracy is more important than strength. Anybody can hit a ball out, it takes a little practice to keep it in the green.
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This instrument will greatly minimize the transfer of urine containers, effectively increasing test accuracy and eliminating many of the problems associated with urine collection and transport. The portability of this device will also permit point-of-care testing in hospitals, and will enable healthcare professionals to transmit test data to mainline computers either through internal information systems or via e-mail.
accuracy continuing emphasize holes integrity maintain tee
At holes No. 1 and No. 7 we want to emphasize accuracy off the tee while continuing to maintain the integrity of the holes.
accuracy automatic confident convince difficult elderly extremely influences likely memory mistakenly older remember studies
These automatic influences of memory can mislead the elderly person and make them mistakenly think that they remember something that actually didn't happen. What's more, our studies show that older adults often are extremely confident about the accuracy of things they think they remember. They're more likely to make mistakes, and more difficult to convince they're wrong.
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We're approaching the use of biometrics very, very cautiously, ... We feel that the technology is not even close to the accuracy being claimed by some of these companies. As such, there will be thousands of false negatives and false positives when you scale up the millions of travelers.
accuracy ball best dazzling pinpoint played
Best passer I ever played with. If you cut, and you were open, the ball was in your hands. Not a dazzling ball-handler, but man, pinpoint accuracy on the passes.