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What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#become #begin #boy #child #childhood

In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#available #energy #energy plan #even #had

Now it seems like a lot more people recognize me. ↗

— Mary Pierce

#lot #me #more #more people #now

I'm the gooney bird that walked to the bank. I'm doing better than most of those guys who said I was crazy. ↗

— Jimmy Piersall

#better #bird #crazy #doing #guys

The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#civilized #consisted #creek #flour #good

During the first 3 years at Auschwitz, 2 million people died; over the next 2 years - 3 million. ↗

— Witold Pilecki

#died #during #first #million #next

The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#book #comfortable #days #did #different

From the beginning... I wanted to build a company that could sustain not for two years or four years or even ten years but be something that really matters over time the way Amazon and Google and others have. ↗

— Mark Pincus

#beginning #build #company #could #even

The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#blank #blank slate #doctrine #equals #fact

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not. ↗

— Daniel Pipes

#compromise #either #including #insult #retain