#ata

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. ↗

— David Brin

#been #both #both sides #contact #encounter

Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself. You always worry about charlatans. We found that specialists did not know as much as we thought. ↗

— Charles Bronson

#against #always #betrayal #body #charlatans

The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#big #clearly #created #data #directly

I think it's pretty obvious to most people that Napster is not media specific, but I could see a system like Napster evolving into something that allows users to locate and retrieve different types of data other than just MP3s or audio files. ↗

— Shawn Fanning

#audio #could #data #different #different types

There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school. ↗

— Dennis Farina

#acting school #catalogue #never #school #went

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#basic #care #die #disease #exactly

The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#begins #born #catalogue #cities #city

The nature of touring is packaging acts together that have strong catalogues of music. It's about making sure that it's a winning combination. It's really about giving people value for their money. ↗

— Vivian Campbell

#acts #catalogues #combination #giving #making

Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, 'Why didn't God do something? Where was God when all those people died?' ↗

— Tony Campolo

#catastrophe #died #god #inevitably #people

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up. ↗

— Jim Capaldi

#catalyst #everybody #get #had #hyped