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My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall - that is my strength, my only strength. ↗

— Antonio Gramsci

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The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme. ↗

— Stephane Mallarme

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According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another. ↗

— Ernst Mayr

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I'm more of like a recreational surfer, not a consist surfer. Some people get out every week or every day. ↗

— Marguerite Moreau

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. ↗

— James A. Michener

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Inconsistency is the only thing in which men are consistent. ↗

— Horace Smith

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His effect on men is one of interest and curiosity, not of admiration and loyalty. His power is the power of gifts, not character. Men watch him, but do not follow him. ↗

— William Manchester

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Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals. ↗

— Jim Rohn

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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way. ↗

— Aaron Allston

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President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

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