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Quote by Charles Babbage
Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight an

Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall. – Charles Babbage

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That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. – Charles Babbage

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Knowledge
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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. – Charles Babbage

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Knowledge
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It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue. – Charles Babbage

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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb. – Nadine Gordimer

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I repeat… that all power is a trust that we are accountable for its exercise that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon. – Oriana Fallaci

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A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now Ive been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light. – Henri Matisse

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It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom. – Arthur Erickson

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Im so wrapped up in my work that its often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this. – Jim Carrey

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Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. – Albert Einstein

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