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"I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done."

"I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done."

Randy Johnson, American Athlete

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"While you are experimenting, do not remain content with the surface of things."

"While you are experimenting, do not remain content with the surface of things."

Ivan Pavlov, Russian Psychologist

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"Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold."

"Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold."

Barnabe Barnes, English Poet

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"It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months."

"It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months."

David Rockefeller, American Businessman

Content, Months, Provocative

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"A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven."

"A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven."

Boethius, Roman Philosopher

Content, Heaven, Man, Will

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"If Michael Steele doesn't make you sad, well, then there's radio host Rush Limbaugh, no longer content with wanting the President to fail, Rush is now calling out Mr. Obama as a girly man."

"If Michael Steele doesn't make you sad, well, then there's radio host Rush Limbaugh, no longer content with wanting the President to fail, Rush is now calling out Mr. Obama as a girly man."

David Shuster, American Journalist

Content, Man, Now, President

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"All I knew was that I was writing something out of my very guts, and that I was content."

"All I knew was that I was writing something out of my very guts, and that I was content."

Winston Graham, English Novelist

Content, Writing

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"I don't want a player that's content with not playing... But we wanted to play the guys that got us here."

"I don't want a player that's content with not playing... But we wanted to play the guys that got us here."

Don Shula, American Coach

Content, Play, Want

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"Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else."

"Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Content, Nothing

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"Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content."

"Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content."

Alfred de Musset, French Writer

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"Our old site did not have very good support for the disabled, but our new site should soon have much better support. With all of our content in divs now, we can hide all but the relevant chunks of content and navigation with a simple alternate CSS file."

"Our old site did not have very good support for the disabled, but our new site should soon have much better support. With all of our content in divs now, we can hide all but the relevant chunks of content and navigation with a simple alternate CSS file."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

Content, Navigation, Now, Old

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"Be content to seem what you really are."

"Be content to seem what you really are."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing."

"How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing."

Mary Astell, English Writer

Content, Garden, Nothing, World

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"There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter."

"There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter."

Dean Kamen, American Inventor

Content, Value, World

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"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."

Ansel Adams, American Photographer

Content, Focus, Silence, Words

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"The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem to purge their Tribe, and reduce their Multitude into far less Numbers."

"The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem to purge their Tribe, and reduce their Multitude into far less Numbers."

John Lawson, British Explorer

Content, Country, Enemies, Now

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"I can't tell you what that little ingredient is which makes that first person want to go on and aggressively do more, and the other person be content to not do that. It's a mystery, but it does happen."

"I can't tell you what that little ingredient is which makes that first person want to go on and aggressively do more, and the other person be content to not do that. It's a mystery, but it does happen."

Sam Donaldson, American Journalist

Content, First, Mystery, Want

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"What we now call the browser is whatever defines the web. What fits in the browser is the World Wide Web and a number of trivial standards to handle that so that the content comes."

"What we now call the browser is whatever defines the web. What fits in the browser is the World Wide Web and a number of trivial standards to handle that so that the content comes."

Ted Nelson, American Author

Content, Now, World

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"I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter."

"I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

Content, Now, Right, Violence

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"As for editorial content, that's the stuff you separate the ads with."

"As for editorial content, that's the stuff you separate the ads with."

Lord Thomson of Fleet, Canadian Publisher

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"Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise."

"Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise."

Hannah Arendt, German Historian

Content, Fidelity, Loyalty, Mind

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"I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress."

"I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress."

Elizabeth Montagu, British Writer

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"We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it."

"We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it."

Billy Bragg, British Musician

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"Today you can't go by the titles of the shows to know what the content of the show may be."

"Today you can't go by the titles of the shows to know what the content of the show may be."

Donna Douglas, American Actress

Content, May, Titles, Today

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"As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more attractive, or are perceived that way by others, he's very content."

"As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more attractive, or are perceived that way by others, he's very content."

Jeff Bridges, American Actor

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"I knew style and content went hand in hand."

"I knew style and content went hand in hand."

Boy George, English Musician

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"Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works."

"Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works."

Frederick Wiseman, American Director

Content, Mind, World

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"As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in no better case than a constructed language."

"As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in no better case than a constructed language."

Edward Sapir, American Scientist

Content, Fact, Language, Richness

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"It was immediately clear to me that security was a cross-cutting issue, so rather than dividing the space up in parallel with each of the other areas, I wanted security cut across the areas in addition to having its own content."

"It was immediately clear to me that security was a cross-cutting issue, so rather than dividing the space up in parallel with each of the other areas, I wanted security cut across the areas in addition to having its own content."

Steve Crocker, American Businessman

Content, Security, Space

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"One often thinks that using 2 different things like visual and sound lead to 2 different conclusions - to a different content - but in in my case it is all one."

"One often thinks that using 2 different things like visual and sound lead to 2 different conclusions - to a different content - but in in my case it is all one."

Alva Noto, German Artist

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"There's this large trend - I think the next trend in the Web, sort of Web 2.0 - which is to have users really express, offer, and market their own content, their own persona, their identity."

"There's this large trend - I think the next trend in the Web, sort of Web 2.0 - which is to have users really express, offer, and market their own content, their own persona, their identity."

John Doerr, American Businessman

Content, Identity

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"When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy."

"When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Content, May, Mind, Style

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