#task

The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws. ↗

— Edward Tufte

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The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

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Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort. ↗

— Thomas Lynch

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The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea. ↗

— Thomas Mann

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Forty-two years ago, I came to America from communist Cuba so I might have a better way of life, a freer way of life - a more democratic way of life. I wanted to live the American Dream where if you worked hard and put your mind to the task, anything was possible. ↗

— Mel Martinez

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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

#consists #counting #example #for example #government

I don't live in as much fear as I used to. I'm not afraid of the music business. Life is too damn short. I know what's important, and the tasks are very clear. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

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