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"I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world."

"I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world."

David Brainerd, American Clergyman

Design, God, Thought, May

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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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"Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State."

"Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Design, Circumstances, Clouds, Fate

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"I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response."

"I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response."

Liz Phair, American Musician

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"I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality."

"I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

Design, Personality

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"French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism."

"French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism."

Christian Lacroix, French Designer

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"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."

"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Design, People, Actions, Custom

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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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"Design is an unknown."

"Design is an unknown."

Geoffrey Beene, American Designer

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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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"The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England."

"The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England."

Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Public Servant

Design, EnglForce, Possessions, Reform

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"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."

"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."

Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor

Design, Care, Pretty, Want

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"The scientific argument advanced for intelligent design at the Dover trial, those arguments collapsed, scientifically and intellectually."

"The scientific argument advanced for intelligent design at the Dover trial, those arguments collapsed, scientifically and intellectually."

Kenneth Miller, American Scientist

Design, Argument, Arguments

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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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"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."

"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."

Christian Lacroix, French Designer

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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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"Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill."

"Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill."

Norm Dicks, American Politician

Design, Authority, Congress, Defense

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"Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department."

"Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department."

Tom Peters, American Businessman

Design, Meeting

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"The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden."

"The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden."

Stephen Gardiner, British Architect

Design, Garden, Land

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"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."

"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."

Charles Eames, American Designer

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"Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS."

"Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS."

Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer

Design, People, Being

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"The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes."

"The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes."

David Rockefeller, American Businessman

Design, Art, Sense

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"My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone."

"My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone."

Jay Roach, American Director

Design, Film, Sense, Style

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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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"No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them."

"No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

Design, Dream, Film, Wonder

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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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"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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"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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"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 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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"By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that."

"By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that."

John Tenniel, English Artist

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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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"Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design."

"Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Design, Practice, Theory

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"Design is everything. Everything!"

"Design is everything. Everything!"

Paul Rand, American Designer

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"Three years ago the Government announced the creation of Reconciliation Place, and said that it would include a memorial to those removed from their families. However, they refused to include any of those who were removed in the design of their own memorial."

"Three years ago the Government announced the creation of Reconciliation Place, and said that it would include a memorial to those removed from their families. However, they refused to include any of those who were removed in the design of their own memorial."

Malcolm Fraser, Australian Politician

Design, Government, Creation, Years

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"I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks."

"I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Design, Deep, Order

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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 design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."

"I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

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"Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one."

"Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one."

Carlos Ghosn, Brazilian Businessman

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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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"We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world."

"We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world."

Jim Henson, American Entertainer

Design, Work, Thought, Selling

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"An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service."

Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian

Design, Personality, Service

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"After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either."

"After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either."

Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish Scientist

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"It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution."

"It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution."

George Edmund Street, English Architect

Design, Execution

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"Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation."

"Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Design, Wisdom, Thought, Action

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"I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything from creating our own graphic design to actually recording and the whole bit."

"I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything from creating our own graphic design to actually recording and the whole bit."

William Bell, American Musician

Design, Artist, Jobs, Writer

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"Well, yes, I mean, I think that, you know, my sources suggest that there's a lot of support for the notion that there is a lot of Koran abuse and that it was very much a systematic design, not just an aberration."

"Well, yes, I mean, I think that, you know, my sources suggest that there's a lot of support for the notion that there is a lot of Koran abuse and that it was very much a systematic design, not just an aberration."

Jane Mayer, American Journalist

Design, Koran, Abuse, Support

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"Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design - designing too early what a program should do."

"Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design - designing too early what a program should do."

Paul Graham, American Scientist

Design, Danger, Now

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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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"Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually."

"Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually."

Yukihiro Matsumoto, Japanese Scientist

Design, Philosophy, Saying

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