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- Nov 07, 2020
Enough Quotes
Knowing what's enough, and what isn't.
This collection of enough quotes touches on the gap between clever ideas and real-world application in technical research, and the frustration of not being able to work fast enough to keep up with demand. One entry recalls a lucky, extended research collaboration. Related reflections continue in our Enough Time quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
All scientists agree that evolution has occurred - that all life comes from a common ancestry, that there has been extinction, and that new taxa, new biological groups, have arisen. The question is, is natural selection enough to explain evolution? Is it the driver of evolution?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Funny enough though, despite what Donald Trump has to say and the way African-American people are portrayed so often in media, African-American people can have a leaning to be very conservative.
- Front Door
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- Nov 07, 2020
Casper Wyo., population 18,000 when I was born, was large enough to hold the surprises of civilization, but small enough that the prairie was close by - for some in our town, right out the front door - stretching on forever, under the great curving sky.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.
- Nov 07, 2020
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.
- Perseverance
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Innovative companies have started to realize there are not enough 'green consumers' willing to pay more for something just because it's green.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a huge market for products and services aimed at what I like to call the Pocketbook Environmentalist: a shopper who's savvy enough to know things don't necessarily have to cost more just because they're good for the environment.
- Drink
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a social friend of the Reagans. That's by their choice and by mine. They don't drink enough.
- Nov 07, 2020
Freedom is not enough.
- Big Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Air is traditionally 'thin,' but the more we learn about our atmosphere, the more substantial it becomes. In some places it is so filled with inorganic flotsam that it is almost thick enough to plough; in others, it has become so primed with the by-products of life that it comes close to being a living tissue in its own right.
- Nov 07, 2020
Collections aren't really planned. I just keep writing short pieces until I have enough for a collection.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's nice to have children. I didn't have many, and while I don't sit around regretting it, I maybe would have liked a couple more. But it wasn't meant to be, and I didn't want it badly enough.
- Tell
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm probably an average hitter, at least, and if you talk to my peers, they will tell you that I hit the ball plenty far enough.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020