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The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people. ↗

— Jacques Maritain

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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans. ↗

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

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The physiologist who succeeds in penetrating deeper and deeper into the digestive canal becomes convinced that it consists of a number of chemical laboratories equipped with various mechanical devices. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

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If I had political responsibility, I would want to prepare for a plan B that would foresee that the European currency union, that the eurozone, no longer necessarily consists of 17 member states. And that means to make provisions so that other countries are not pulled into the maelstrom through contagion. ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

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Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

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Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. ↗

— James Robinson

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The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

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The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek. ↗

— Claude Bernard

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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. ↗

— Lin Yutang

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The meaning or value of a thing consists of what it affords. ↗

— James J. Gibson

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