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• In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

  Ben Horowitz

  Decision, Important, Found

  "The Fine Line Between Fear and Courage" by Ben Horowitz, www.businessinsider.com. August 8, 2011.

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• A virtue never tested is no virtue at all.

  Billy Bragg

  Virtue

  Song: Must I Paint You a Picture?

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• British diplomats, constantly exposed to American political-ethical rhetoric, find their professional skills tested to the limits by the need to keep a straight face. For illustrations of what I mean, study the photographs of the expressions worn by Mr Douglas Hurd at any international conference involving all the Western allies.

  Conor Cruise O'Brien

  Mean, Illustration, Expression

  Conor Cruise O'Brien (1994). “On the Eve of the Millennium: The Future of Democracy Through an Age of Unreason”, p.150, Simon and Schuster

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• Life is in balance. The swings in the mind are there to give you the experience, and to let you discover the you within you...That balance and swing lets your standard be tested. You cannot hold to something external. You must find your own depth and test it, confirm it.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Past, Swings, Giving

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• What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how severely something has been tested in the past itself embodies inductive assumptions, even as a statement about the past.

  Robert Nozick

  Past, Literature, Assumption

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• If it's not tested, it's broken.

  Bruce Eckel

  Broken, Ifs

  Bruce Eckel (2003). “Thinking in Java”, p.993, Prentice Hall Professional

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• Researchers argue that it's of utmost importance to unravel the nature of black holes, lest we someday begin to worship them. Sounds ridiculous, but whole segments of humankind have often revered the unknowable, venerating that which cannot be tested experimentally. Come to think of it, many still do in twenty-first-century society.

  Eric Chaisson

  Thinking, Black, Twenties

  Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.101, Columbia University Press

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• Failure is awesome. Failure means you tried something, you tested it, and you learned some things. Failure gives you the tools to move forward.

  Leah Busque

  Moving, Mean, Giving

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• Struggles are a part of the sacred sanctification process. There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.

  L. Lionel Kendrick

  Struggle, Character, Blessing

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• The whole [scientific] process resembles biological evolution. A problem is like an ecological niche, and a theory is like a gene or a species which is being tested for viability in that niche.

  David Deutsch

  Niche, Evolution, Problem

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• Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.

  Gerry Adams

  Patience, Eye, Equality

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• For me, Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It’s a pleasure to put myself against him and when I finish my career it’s something I can look back on and know I’ve tested myself against the very best.

  John Terry

  Player, Careers, Messi

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• I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy... I can't get into minute details.

  Dee Snider

  Water, Creative, Guy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As man reaches out toward the twenty-first century, he will learn to be suspicious of all ideas that are not formulated so that they can be tested by observation.  He will realize that the history of human thought shows that the ideas of which we are surest are the ones we most need to test.  He will realize that his common sense only mirrors his training and experience.  What seems natural and right to him is usually a reflection of the conditions under which he spent his first decade of life.

  Jacque Fresco

  Reflection, Men, Ideas

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• The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested

  Michael M. Honda

  Tragedy, Constitution, Quiet

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• I got tested for AIDS. I know Barack got tested for AIDS. There's no shame in being tested for AIDS.

  Joe Biden

  Important, Shame, Aids

  "Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate Justice, Equality". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. June 29, 2007.

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• Any experience deeply felt makes some men better and some men worse. When it has ended, they share nothing but the recollection of a commitment in which each was tested and to some degree found wanting. [...] The consequences of the journey change the voyager so much more than the embarking or the arrival.

  Murray Kempton

  Commitment, Journey, Degrees

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• In the world of securities, courage becomes the supreme virtue after adequate knowledge and a tested judgment are at hand.

  Benjamin Graham

  Hands, Adequate Knowledge, World

  Benjamin Graham (1959). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”

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• It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneer vigor of Israel shall be tested.

  David Ben-Gurion

  Creativity, Israel, Pioneers

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• Sometimes God allows us to be tested because He's preparing us for promotion.

  Joyce Meyer

  Sometimes, Promotion, Preparing

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• Everything you declare with your lips will be tested in your life.

  Jack Hyles

  Lips

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• So when you ask me how string theory might be tested, I can tell you what's likely to happen at accelerators or some parts of the theory that are likely to be tested.

  Edward Witten

  Might, Strings, Theory

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• We must encourage people to get educated, to get tested, to get involved in the fight against AIDS.

  Gwen Moore

  Encouragement, Fighting, People

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• A program that has not been tested does not work.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Doe, Program

  Bjarne Stroustrup (1991). “C Plus Plus Programming Language”, Addison-Wesley / Helix Books

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• Yoga and Vipassana are the two most time tested ancient techniques for keeping the body, mind and spirit in harmony and in sync. There is no contradiction between yoga and vipassana. They are complementary to each other.

  Amit Ray

  Yoga, Two, Mind

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