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"I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive."

"I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Design, Education, Society, Purpose

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"After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America."

"After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America."

Russ Carnahan, American Politician

Design, Vision, America, Competition

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"Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods."

"Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Design, People, Positive, Moods

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"Accessible design is good design."

"Accessible design is good design."

Steve Ballmer, American Businessman

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"Design is people."

"Design is people."

Jane Jacobs, American Sociologist

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"Good design doesn't date."

"Good design doesn't date."

Harry Seidler, Australian Architect

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"Whenever I design any variant, or when anybody sends me one, I always say if at all possible within the context of the game don't have two home supply centers touching each other."

"Whenever I design any variant, or when anybody sends me one, I always say if at all possible within the context of the game don't have two home supply centers touching each other."

Fred Davis, English Celebrity

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"Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair."

"Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair."

David Crane, American Screenwriter

Design, Science, Growing up, Machine

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"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Design, Mistake, People, Fools

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"Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society."

"Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society."

Walter Gropius, German Architect

Design, Society, Life

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"We opened a design center in the South of England last year as part of our strategy for being close to our customers and developing innovative products for exciting new markets."

"We opened a design center in the South of England last year as part of our strategy for being close to our customers and developing innovative products for exciting new markets."

David Milne, British Politician

Design, Strategy, Being, England

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"In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone."

"In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone."

Donald Norman, American Scientist

Design, Opinion

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"Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to."

"Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to."

Ethan Coen, American Director

Design, Movies, Opportunity, Ambition

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"Stargate by far is the top of the pile when it comes to Sci-Fi. The quality is great. They have really good writers, production design, lighting, wardrobe."

"Stargate by far is the top of the pile when it comes to Sci-Fi. The quality is great. They have really good writers, production design, lighting, wardrobe."

Corin Nemec, American Actor

Design, Quality, Production, Writers

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"We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on."

"We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on."

Alan Shepard, American Astronaut

Design, End, Testing

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"I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray."

"I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray."

Seymoure Cray, American Engineer

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"Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable."

"Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable."

Donna Karan, American Designer

Design, Balance, Challenge, Comfort

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"Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input."

"Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input."

Ron Johnson, Canadian Politician

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"So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so that it has the same things that are in the movie. In just a few frames it's got to communicate something clearly and dramatically."

"So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so that it has the same things that are in the movie. In just a few frames it's got to communicate something clearly and dramatically."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

Design, Work, Character

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"In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power."

"In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power."

Orville Wright, American Inventor

Design, Power, Time, Testing

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"I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment. If I wake up tomorrow and decide I want to dance, that's what I'd do. Or design clothes."

"I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment. If I wake up tomorrow and decide I want to dance, that's what I'd do. Or design clothes."

Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese Musician

Design, Love, Dance, Goals

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"And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight."

"And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

Design, Government, Agreement, End

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"To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons."

"To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons."

Marilyn French, American Author

Design, Time, Children, Weapons

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"But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs."

"But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs."

Niklaus Wirth, Swiss Scientist

Design, Contemplation, Old, Programming

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"But my point is that you design something in the end that precludes any unhealthy trading practices that are not going to serve your environmental or your economic objectives but now is not the time to do it."

"But my point is that you design something in the end that precludes any unhealthy trading practices that are not going to serve your environmental or your economic objectives but now is not the time to do it."

John Anderson, American Politician

Design, Environmental, Time, End

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"Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over."

"Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over."

Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer

Design, Country, Problems

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"I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver."

"I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver."

Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer

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"At our company, our Design and Construction Consulting Service Team not only helps eliminate the risks inherent in the construction process, they typically save our clients 5% - 10% on overall construction costs. They also help make sure projects come in on time."

"At our company, our Design and Construction Consulting Service Team not only helps eliminate the risks inherent in the construction process, they typically save our clients 5% - 10% on overall construction costs. They also help make sure projects come in on time."

Roger Staubach, American Athlete

Design, Time, Clients, Company

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"One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular."

"One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Design, Animation, Disney

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"And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole."

"And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole."

Daniel Libeskind, Polish Architect

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"How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?"

"How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?"

Kinky Friedman, American Musician

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"The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times."

"The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times."

Philip Schaff, Swiss Theologian

Design, Literary, New testament, Style

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"We are not inferring design to account for a black box, but to account for an open box."

"We are not inferring design to account for a black box, but to account for an open box."

Michael Behe, American Scientist

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"By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size."

"By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size."

Steven Chu, American Scientist

Design, Purpose

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"Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design."

"Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design."

Shawn Fanning, American Businessman

Design, Pretty, Today

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"In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project."

"In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project."

Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer

Design, Quality, Project, Want

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"My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians."

"My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians."

Robert Moog, American Inventor

Design, Music, Work, Opportunity

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"The proper study of mankind is the science of design."

"The proper study of mankind is the science of design."

Herbert Simon, American Scientist

Design, Science, Mankind, Study

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"I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels."

"I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels."

Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer

Design, Entertainment, Succeed

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"I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things."

"I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things."

K. Eric Drexler, American Scientist

Design, Fact, Learning, Machines

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"Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design."

"Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

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"Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist."

"Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist."

Terence, Roman Writer

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"I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design."

"I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design."

Stephen Sprouse, American Designer

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"When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design."

"When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design."

Larry Wall, Canadian Author

Design, Power, Development, Community

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"Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it."

"Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

Design, Danger, Delay, Ruin

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"I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots."

"I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots."

James Cameron, American Director

Design, Actors, Production, Sense

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"Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design."

"Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design."

Christopher Alexander, American Architect

Design, Environmental, Complexity, Problems

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"I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the work and eventually worked on large sheets - very large sheets - of palladium."

"I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the work and eventually worked on large sheets - very large sheets - of palladium."

Martin Fleischmann, English Scientist

Design, Work, Time

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"The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all."

"The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all."

Colleen Atwood, American Designer

Design, Music, People, Actors

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"I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting."

"I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting."

Jim Henson, American Entertainer

Design, Acting, Theatre

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