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• And in the general hardening of outlook that set in ... practices which had been long abandoned ... -- imprisonment without trial, the use of war prisoners as slaves, public executions, torture to extract confessions, the use of hostages and the deportation of whole populations -- not only became common again, but were tolerated and even defended by people who considered themselves enlightened and progressive.

  George Orwell

  War, Practice, Long

  George Orwell (2003). “1984”, Plume Books

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• A sermon without Christ as its beginning, middle, and end is a mistake in conception, a crime in execution.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Mistake, Beginning Middle And End, Christ

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1988). “Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series”, Baker Publishing Group

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• I respect the Japanese and especially like their execution and communication styles. Unlike the Koreans, they will not hit you from behind.

  Terry Gou

  Communication, Style, Korean

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• It's not reckless, because when we leap, when we dive in, when we begin, only begin, we bring our true nature to the project, we make it personal and urgent. And it's not abandon, not in the sense that we've abandoned our senses or our responsibility. In fact, abandoning the fear of fear that is holding us back is the single best way not to abandon the work, the pure execution of the work. Later, there's time to backpedal and water down. But right now, reckless please.

  Seth Godin

  Responsibility, Water, Way

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• For the most part, executions happen in obscurity. If people did hear about executions, if they were publicized, even televised, I fear more would enjoy them than be repelled by them.

  Wendy Kaminer

  People, Obscurity, Enjoy

  "Wendy Kaminer on Crime". Online discuss, www.aclu.org. June 24, 1995.

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• While we keep aloof in general statements, there is little fruit to be expected; it is the hand-fight that does execution.

  Joseph Alleine

  Fighting, Hands, Doe

  Joseph Alleine, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “Alarm to the Unconverted”, Lulu.com

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• All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.

  Asher Brown Durand

  Artist, Color, Achievement

  Linda S. Ferber, Asher Brown Durand (2007). “Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape”, D Giles Ltd

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• Invariably will you find perseverance exemplified as the radical principle in every truly great character. It facilitates, perfects, and consolidates the execution of the plan conceived, and renders profitable its results when attained. By continuing to advance steadily in the same way, light constantly increases, obstacles disappear, efficient habits are confirmed, experience is acquired, the use of the best means is reduced to easy action, and success becomes more sure.

  Elias Lyman Magoon

  Perseverance, Character, Mean

  Elias Lyman Magoon (1849). “Proverbs for the people: or, Illustrations of practical godliness drawn from the Book of wisdom”, p.186

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• Standing, as I do, in view of God and eternity, I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone (On the eve of her execution)

  Edith Cavell

  Hate, Views, Hatred

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• When trust is high, the dividend you receive is like a performance multiplier, elevating and improving every dimension of your organization and your life.... In a company, high trust materially improves communication, collaboration, execution, innovation, strategy, engagement, partnering, and relationships with all stakeholders.

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Communication, Organization

  Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not interested until I see their execution.

  Derek Sivers

  Not Interested

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.22, Penguin

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• A vision and strategy aren't enough. The long-term key to success is execution. Each day. Every day.

  Richard M. Kovacevich

  Keys, Long, Vision

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• Faulty execution of a winning combination has lost many a game on the very brink of victory. In such cases a player sees the winning idea, plays the winning sacrifice and then inverts the order of his fellow-up moves or misses the really clinching point of his combination.

  Fred Reinfeld

  Moving, Sacrifice, Player

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• The ontological concept of truth is in the centre of a logic which may serve as a model of pre- technological rationality. It is the rationality of a two-dimensional universe of discourse which, contrasts with the of thought and behavior that develop in the execution of the technological project.

  Herbert Marcuse

  Two, May, Logic

  Herbert Marcuse (2013). “One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society”, p.134, Routledge

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• That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.

  George Mason

  Law, Rights, People

  "The Federal and State Constitutions Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America" compiled and edited by Newton Thorpe, Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, 1909.

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• I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the easy way and hands over the responsibility for revenge to other people...The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off.

  Albert Pierrepoint

  Revenge, Responsibility, Hands

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No man has a right to disturb the public peace, by personally resisting the execution of a law however bad. He ought to acquiesce, using at the same time the utmost powers of his reason, to promote its repeal.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Men, Law, Reason

  Percy Bysshe Shelley, Richard Herne Shepherd (1810). “The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley ... Ed. ... by Richard Herne Shepherd”, p.285

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• My picture [A Boat Passing a Lock, 1823-6] is liked at the [Royal] Academy, indeed it forms a decided feature and its light can not be put out. Because it is the light of nature - the Mother of all that is valuable in poetry - painting or anything else... my execution annoys most of them and all the scholastic ones - perhaps the scarifies I make for 'lightness' and 'brightness' is too much but these things are the essence of Landscape.

  John Constable

  Mother, Light, Essence

  "Constable". Book by Conal Shields, p. 288. Letter to Rev. John Fisher (1824), 1993.

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• I have been reading Madame Roland's memoirs and have come to the conclusion that she was a very over-rated woman; snobbish, vain, sentimental, envious - rather a German type. Her last days before her execution were spent in chronicling petty social snubs or triumphs of many years back. She was a democrat chiefly from envy of the noblesse.

  Madame Roland

  Reading, Years, Envy

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• The practice of first developing a clear and precise definition of a process without regard for efficiency, and then using it as a guide and a test in exploring equivalent processes possessing other characteristics, such as greater efficiency, is very common in mathematics. It is a very fruitful practice which should not be blighted by premature emphasis on efficiency in computer execution.

  Kenneth E. Iverson

  Practice, Definitions, Tests

  "Notation as a Tool of Thought". Cvommunications of the ACM, 23 (8), (pp. 444 - 465), August 1980.

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• The precision provided (or enforced) by programming languages and their execution can identify lacunas, ambiguities, and other areas of potential confusion in conventional [mathematical] notation.

  Kenneth E. Iverson

  Confusion, Language, Programming

  "Math for the Layman" by Kenneth E. Iverson, Ch. 10, §D, www.cs.trinity.edu. 1999.

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• One clear focus for everyone. Your business needs laser focus on what the next objective is. Execution is key.

  Ben Keighran

  Keys, Focus, Needs

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• Vision, Uncertainty, and Knowledge of Materials are inevitabilities that all artists must acknowledge and learn from: vision is always ahead of execution, knowledge of materials is your contact with reality, and uncertainty is a virtue.

  David Bayles

  Reality, Artist, Vision

  David Bayles, Ted Orland (2001). “Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking”, p.15, Image Continuum Press

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• There are short parts that I as an actor am very right for. Or I just like the part. Or you need someone like me for the movie. By that I don't mean at the box office, I mean in the execution of the material.

  Jack Nicholson

  Mean, Office, Needs

  "COVER STORY : Still Simmering Under the Shades : Jack Nicholson remains one of Hollywood's hottest actors and talkers. So, what, if anything, has changed? You might be surprised". Interview with Hilary de Vries, articles.latimes.com. December 6, 1992.

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• They [people of Afghanistan] didn't want Al-Qaeda in their country. They didn't appreciate the Taliban taking control. But they really have an incredible amount of dignity. And by that, they are grateful for America's help in ridding them of the Taliban. The average, ordinary person is glad that their daughter can go to school now. There's no public executions, no banning of soccer games. The difference is, they're appreciative, but they don't want any prolonged military presence of the United States there.

  Immortal Technique

  Soccer, Country, Daughter

  Source: www.ballerstatus.com

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