#possibilities

The nation did not begin to realize the extraordinary possibilities of the vast Western territory until its attention was thus suddenly and definitely concentrated on the Pacific by the annual addition of over fifty million dollars to the circulating medium. ↗

— John Moody

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However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

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It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it. ↗

— Robert Musil

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It will always be the same possibilities, in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does not value the actuality above idea. It is he who first gives the new possibilities their meaning, their direction, and he awakens them. ↗

— Robert Musil

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You can do anything, literally, right? That's one of the exciting possibilities of the present. ↗

— Charles Olson

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Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#career #children #dependent #doors #education

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#possibilities #reason

If you ask almost any of them, 'Do you stand behind your theory? Is this the answer?' I think almost everyone would say, 'No, no, no. I'm just trying to expand the range of possibilities.' We really don't know what's going on. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#answer #any #ask #behind #everyone

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future. ↗

— Gifford Pinchot

#future #great #make #only #our

For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities. ↗

— Richard Powers

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