#adopt

Technology has to be invented or adopted. ↗

— Jared Diamond

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All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#adopt #considerable #either #else #fads

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#conviction #gains #immensely #mind #minute

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#because #been #child #ever #express

Technology isn't the enemy, it is our ally, but only if we adopt a new model that puts people before profit. I realize that we seem far from that model, but I have seen it in action and it is a beautiful thing. So I'm not willing to give up yet. Hope is the last thing to die. ↗

— Justin Sane

#adopt #ally #beautiful #beautiful thing #before

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#advantage #attitude #because #constructed #great

I'm allergic to dogs, so I couldn't even adopt what gay men typically adopt when they have that maternal gene. ↗

— Dan Savage

#allergic #dogs #even #gay #gene

With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#against #based #clear #clear message #community