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In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness. ↗

— Dennis Prager

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The devil himself had probably redesigned Hell in the light of information he had gained from observing airport layouts. ↗

— Anthony Price

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The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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I should point out, however, that at first some difficulty was experienced in observing the phenomena predicted by the theory, owing to the extreme smallness of the variations in the period of oscillation. ↗

— Pieter Zeeman

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Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature. ↗

— Gao Xingjian

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The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. ↗

— Marc Bloch

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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. ↗

— Desi Arnaz

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It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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