- Day
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hospitals don’t have enough beds, staff shortages are being exacerbated by the uncertainty surrounding what Brexit means for EU nationals and our ability to access new cancer treatments is under threat.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child.
- Lucky
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
How many managers told me, 'Get a nose job. You're not pretty enough?' But I proved them wrong.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neutrinos alone, among all the known particles, have ethereal properties that are striking and romantic enough both to have inspired a poem by John Updike and to have sent teams of scientists deep underground for 50 years to build huge science-fiction-like contraptions to unravel their mysteries.
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false.
- Brave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always a secretary in the early days, before we decided we were brave enough to join Equity and see if this thing has any legs.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not have, nor do I believe I have seen, a vision capacious and convincing enough to propound as an organizing principle for the next phase in the law of our Constitution.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I admit to subscribing to all the celebrity rags. The best part of being an author is if the celebs aren't being ridiculous enough, you can just make it up.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People say Taylor Swift's not feminist enough or Beyonce's not feminist enough, but there are 12-year-old girls going to their shows and taking an awesome message.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020