Personal Experiences Quotes - Page 12

• Why the transfer of decisions from those with personal experience and a stake in the outcome to those with neither can be expected to lead to better decisions is a question seldom asked, much less answered.

  Thomas Sowell

  Decision, Liberty, Outcomes

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• Science provides an understanding of a universal experience, and arts provides a universal understanding of a personal experience.

  Mae Jemison

  Art, Science, Understanding

  "Teach arts and sciences together". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February, 2002.

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• Because you won't get gun control by disarming law abiding citizens. There's only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up, and if you don't actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time.

  Ronald Reagan

  Real, Gun, Thug

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan".

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• Running is ultimately a personal experience. It is a revival of the spirit, a private oasis for the thirsty mind. Yet, its healing power only increases in the presence of others. Run together and the oasis grows cooler and more satisfying.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Healing, Oasis

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• Leading women, if they are to offer variations from the present companies of leading men, need to be drawn from a wide spectrum of household and family arrangements. If women with children and family responsibilities are almost always seriously limited by these, then those currently in power will not have the personal experience necessary to represent these overlooked areas.

  Eva Cox

  Leadership, Children, Responsibility

  Eva Cox (1996). “Leading Women”

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• Although the Buddhists will tell you that desire is the root of suffering, my personal experience leads me to point the finger at system administration.

  Philip Greenspun

  Buddhist, Roots, Suffering

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