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Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Mind, Insanity, Logic, Often

There's a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn't count the votes right, and so on. That's all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don't take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term 'election.' Noam Chomsky

Voting, Place, Election, You, Know, Fuss

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' Edgar Allan Poe

Nature, Art, Man, Soul, Name, Artist

I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and do an accurate portrait of anyone. Rene Auberjonois

Myself, Down, Portrait, Artist, Sit

Self-awareness is a trait - or maybe 'practice' is the more accurate way to put it - that everyone can always improve at. It is part emotional intelligence, part perceptiveness, part critical thinking. It means knowing your weaknesses, of course, but it also means knowing your strengths and what motivates you. Neil Blumenthal

Intelligence, Practice, Thinking, You

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw

Power, Observation, Cynicism, Got, Who

Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Physics, Routine, Only, Prophecy, Which

Artists - musicians, painters, writers, poets - always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life. Billy Joel

Life, Perception, Musicians, Always

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy. Wayne Dyer

Yourself, People, Believe, Unhappy, You

In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur by which they may either be made more accurate or liable to exceptions. Isaac Newton

Time, Look, Philosophy, True, May, More

Healthcare providers will compete to offer the best record of patient safety at the lowest prices. Hospitals and patients will benefit from having accurate information about areas of excellence and areas that must be improved. Timothy Murphy

Best, Excellence, Safety, Information

Surgical Anatomy is, to the student of medicine and surgery, the most essential branch of anatomical science, having reference more especially to an accurate knowledge of the more important regions, and consisting in the application of anatomy generally to the practice of surgery. Henry Gray

Knowledge, Science, Practice, Medicine

A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion. Karel Reisz

Style, Opinion, Camera, Matter, Fancy

Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate. Robert Kiyosaki

Saying, Being, Like, Rather, Than

Second, when comparing private school and public school test scores, it's like apples and oranges. Public schools have to take everyone, but private schools can be selective. It's not accurate or fair to compare the job they do. Dennis Moore

Job, School, Test, Everyone, Apples

For those looking outside-in, it's not fair - or accurate - to assign someone an identity based off the first thing that we see. Patrisse Cullors

Identity, Looking, Someone, See, Fair

We don't always have an accurate view of our own potential. I think most people who are frightened of public speaking and can't imagine they might feel different as a result of training. Don't assume you know how much potential you have. Sometimes the only way to know what you can do is to test yourself. Scott Adams

Yourself, People, Training, Think, View

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him. Napoleon Hill

Judge, Person, Say, Will, Enemies, Him

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years. Agatha Christie

Life, People, Child, Years, Go, Right

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. Pope Francis

I Am, Speech, Most, Sinner, Definition

In the United States, one of the main topics of academic political science is the study of attitudes and policy and their correlation. The study of attitudes is reasonably easy in the United States: heavily-polled society, pretty serious and accurate polls, and policy you can see, and you can compare them. Noam Chomsky

Science, Society, Political, Easy, You

Those indoctrinated by leftist thinking become largely incapable of making accurate moral judgments. Dennis Prager

Thinking, Moral, Become, Making, Leftist

A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement. Paul D. Boyer

Beauty, Appreciation, Me, Need, Analysis

The whole 'studly womaniser' thing, I mean, I quite enjoy the title - it's just not very accurate. Ed Sheeran

Enjoy, Mean, Just, Title, Thing, Whole

Both my husband and I wanted a boy. I wasn't sure what I'd do with a daughter. What if she asked for a Barbie? I would have been like, 'Honey, we don't support Barbie because she isn't an accurate depiction of a woman's body.' Holly Marie Combs

Daughter, Woman, Support, Husband, She

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It's in the spirit of it. Stephen Fry

Future, Style, Details, Think, View, You

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