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Small: If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past
Baruch Spinoza
"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
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Small: We feel and know that we are eternal
Baruch Spinoza
"We feel and know that we are eternal"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
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Small: All noble things are as difficult as they are rare
Baruch Spinoza
"All noble things are as difficult as they are rare"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
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Small: I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand t
Baruch Spinoza
"I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
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Small: Mark Hammond is working in this area, with Windows Scripting Host. It is definitely an area where Python fits
"Mark Hammond is working in this area, with Windows Scripting Host. It is definitely an area where Python fits almost perfectly. That's quite independent from Java, actually"
Guido van Rossum, Scientist
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Small: In my daily work, I work on very large, complex, distributed systems built out of many Python modules and pack
"In my daily work, I work on very large, complex, distributed systems built out of many Python modules and packages. The focus is very similar to what you find, for example, in Java and, in general, in systems programming languages"
Guido van Rossum, Scientist
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Small: Roddick has good presence on the court and has so much adrenalin
Richard Krajicek
"Roddick has good presence on the court and has so much adrenalin"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
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Small: But Pete had the desire to play at the highest level for so many years. That is very difficult, mentally
Richard Krajicek
"But Pete had the desire to play at the highest level for so many years. That is very difficult, mentally"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
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Small: Federer can be the best ever he has the potential. The only question is whether he has the desire
Richard Krajicek
"Federer can be the best ever; he has the potential. The only question is whether he has the desire"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
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Small: Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players
Richard Krajicek
"Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
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Small: If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally
"If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally"
Gijs de Vries, Politician
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Small: I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the need to argue, or to justif
"I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the need to argue, or to justify things on a kind of rational level. We are much more willing to admit that certain things are completely instinctive and others are really intellectual"
Rem Koolhaas, Architect
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Small: When shopping was still connected to the street it was also an intensification and articulation of the street.
"When shopping was still connected to the street it was also an intensification and articulation of the street. Now it has become utterly independent - contained, controlled, surveyed"
Rem Koolhaas, Architect
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Small: The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moder
"The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims"
Gijs de Vries, Politician
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Small: Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation
"Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation"
Max Euwe, Celebrity
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Small: I dont use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough
"I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough"
M. C. Escher, Artist
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Small: Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance
"Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance"
Wietse Venema, Scientist
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Small: It is my intention to proceed slowly with our trenches
"It is my intention to proceed slowly with our trenches"
Peter Stuyvesant, Public Servant
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Small: Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I stil
"Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I still have. Why did I go? I just wanted to visit some friends. I was a little bit crazy, a little bit insane"
Abraham Pais, Scientist
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Small: It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is
"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it
"War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: Prevention is better than cure
"Prevention is better than cure"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king
"In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: War is sweet to those who have not experienced it
"War is sweet to those who have not experienced it"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: Its the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanne
"It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldnt have it, to fear and suspect the worst
"It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin
"Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: Time takes away the grief of men
"Time takes away the grief of men"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as mens judgments of one another
"Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism
"What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: What difference is there, do you think, between those in Platos cave who can only marvel at the shadows and im
"What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: The desire to write grows with writing
"The desire to write grows with writing"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about
"Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: By burning Luthers books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid mens minds of him
"By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is ce
"Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality and then there are those
"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: Mans mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth
"Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin
"Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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Small: When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes
"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
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