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Periods Quotes
On the stretches of time that shape everything else.
These periods quotes look at time in chunks, from revolutions as the periods when individuals count most, to long periods in investing where markets tend to equalize. Related reflections sit in our Time quotes.
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It is, I think, particularly in periods of acknowledged crisis that scientists have turned to philosophical analysis as a device for unlocking the riddles of their field. Scientists have not generally needed or wanted to be philosophers.
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Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it.
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I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm trying not to do that any more.
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There are so many things that have evolved since I wrestled. They don't have periods anymore. They have rounds... it confuses the younger demographic.
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Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation.
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One has to divide Warren Buffet into different periods. There is a continuously evolving style of Warren Buffett.
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There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit, that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee.
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