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The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of

The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. – Archimedes

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Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. – Julian Casablancas

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Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. – William Cowper

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I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out. – Josh Brolin

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Three may keep counsel, if two are away. – John Heywood

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Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions. – Simon Mainwaring

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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield. – Quintilian

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The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere complex chemistry. Therefore chemistry alone will not explain lifes origin, any more than a study of silicon, copper and plastic will explain how a computer can execute a program. – Paul Davies

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