"Style is the outcome of constraint."

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Andre Maurois

#Style Quotes #Outcomes Quotes #Constraints Quotes

“Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.”
“...there is no absolute scale of size in nature, and the small may be as important, or more so than the great.”

Source : Oliver Heaviside (2008). “Electromagnetic Theory”, p.519, Cosimo, Inc.
“I think that it is always hard to find two voices that fit together well.”
“Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.”
“The only time an Australian ever walks is when his car runs out of petrol.”
“I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.”
“It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death.”
“What I suddenly understood was that a thank-you note isn't the price you pay for receiving a gift, as so many children think it is, a kind of minimum tribute or toll, but an opportunity to count your blessings. And gratitude isn't what you give in exchange for something; it's what you feel when you are blessed--blessed to have family and friends who care about you, and who want to see you happy. Hence the joy from thanking.”

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