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The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance avoided by the subject, becomes a problem and invites searching.
by Jean Piaget (Psychologist, Swiss , born in 1970) keywords: annoyance, avoided, becomes, between, constituting, differentiated, familiar, gap, instead, invites, more, new, novelty, problem, searching, smaller , subject Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
by Francis Quarles (Poet, English , born in 1592) keywords: avoided, cannot, confident, defeat, deprived, fear, folly, fortune, impossible, industry, less, may, nothing, possibility, prevent, secure, than , thy Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
by Theodore Roosevelt (President, American , born in 1858) keywords: avoided, better, certain, course, far, kinds, peace, rule, than , wars Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.
by Bertrand Russell (Philosopher, British , born in 1872) keywords: aristotle, asking, avoided, could, counted, device, fewer, her, keep, men, mistake, mouth, mrs, open, simple, teeth, than, thinking, while , women In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.
by Bertrand Russell (Philosopher, British , born in 1872) keywords: against, ambiguities, avoided, been, experience, idealism, more, perceived, realists, result, revolt , word If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.
by William Safire (Author, American , born in 1929) keywords: avoided, deal, editing, find, great, re-read, re-reading, repetition, work , your I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work.
by Greta Scacchi (Actor, Italian , born in 1960) keywords: avoided, become, element, fantasies, few, film, films, look, male, nudity, scenes, them, those, told, unless, without, work , yet Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering up a shot. I take pride in that - and, of course, in having avoided the fate of Eyes Wide Shut.
by Todd Solondz (Writer, American , born in 1959) keywords: avoided, big, box, censorship, clear, course, covering, eyes, fate, having, movie, only, perfectly, pride, red, shot, shut, storytelling, studio, take, up, where , wide I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.
by John Steinbeck (Author, American , born in 1902) keywords: avoided, fingers, letter, long, old, owed, pencil, poisoned, though, tool, very , were Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with no responsibility but incredible authority is one of the reasons we're now in so much trouble.
by Stuart Symington (Businessman, American , born in 1901) keywords: administrations, authority, avoided, been, characteristic, giving, his, house, incredible, mr, much, now, power, reasons, recent, responsibility, staff, studiously, trouble, truman , white I think he could have made most of the trips and gone to most of the fund-raisers if he would have avoided the partisan rhetoric and talked to the country as President in each of these appearances rather than to the narrow partisan audiences.
by Robert Teeter (Politician, American , born in 1939) keywords: appearances, audiences, avoided, could, country, each, gone, made, most, narrow, partisan, president, rather, rhetoric, talked, than, these, think, trips , would Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.
by Nat Turner (Celebrity, American , born in 1800) keywords: appear, avoided, devoting, discovered, fasting, great, having, mixing, must, myself, mystery, prayer, society, soon, studiously, therefore, time , wrapped The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: absolute, alleged, avoided, been, ceased, having, menace, mob, murder, negro, negroes, satisfied, should, spirit, suffrage, suppression, universal , vote Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided.
by Tina Weymouth (Musician, American , born in 1950) keywords: always, art, avoided, change, expectations, fresh, intentionally, japanese, keep, many, names, others, painters, relationship, their, way , would
