#according

I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis. ↗

— Antony Beevor

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Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature. ↗

— Luther Burbank

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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. ↗

— Confucius

#action #acts #afterwards #before #his

According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#carson #dirty #dirty work #guy #i

General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career. ↗

— Henry Villard

#acted #career #danger #field #general

May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#action #advance #aimless #days #may

I have always had trouble recognizing myself in the features of the intellectual playing his political role according to the screenplay that you are familiar with and whose heritage deserves to be questioned. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

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There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally smaller than the smallest of our London nurseries. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#because #completely #either #going #healthy

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. ↗

— Jean Toomer

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