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It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.
Alfred North Whitehead
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Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.
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Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.
Alfred North Whitehead
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In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
Alfred North Whitehead
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Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
Alfred North Whitehead
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The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.
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The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
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I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.
Alfred North Whitehead
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The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development.
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Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.
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What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike.
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