#ease

Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased. ↗

— John James Audubon

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Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic. ↗

— John James Audubon

#dull #enthusiastic #geography #hard #i

Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

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It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#achieve #cost #degradation #each #expensive

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#desires #flesh #hard #impressions #make

Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#applaud #concert #end #even #like

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer. ↗

— Jane Austen

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Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the nation, has recognized my voting record. ↗

— Joe Baca

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