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A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.
Norman Cousins

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Mark Twain

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
Nicholas Sparks

As you suggested I have in the following disputed certain passages, trusting you will do me the justice either to modify the same or add a note in the new edition stating that I dispute,' etc.
Denis Kearney

At first, we couldn't be establishment, because we didn't have any money. We were guerrilla marketers, and we still are, a little bit. But, as we became No. 1 in our industry, we've had to modify our culture and become a bit more planned.
Phil Knight

But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.
Max Cannon

I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
Gary Wright

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.
Herbert Spencer

It is much easier to modify an opinion if one has not already persuasively declared it.
David H. Souter

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.
Dee Hock

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.
Jorge Luis Borges

The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify.
Elihu Root

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
Quentin Crisp

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
Norman Vincent Peale

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