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I have found that, in the composition of the human body as compared with the bodies of animals, the organs of sense are duller and coarser. Thus, it is composed of less ingenious instruments, and of spaces less capacious for receiving the faculties of sense. Leonardo da Vinci

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The painter who is familiar with the nature of the sinews, muscles, and tendons, will know very well, in giving movement to a limb, how many and which sinews cause it; and which muscle, by swelling, causes the contraction of that sinew; and which sinews, expanded into the thinnest cartilage, surround and support the said muscle. Leonardo da Vinci

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I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly. Leonardo da Vinci

Man Fly Build Machine Destiny Would Allow Felt Always

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near. Leonardo da Vinci

Great Distance Eye Object Smaller Does Than Large Appear Near

Rogue economics is a sort of umbrella under which we find the criminal economy, the illegal economy, but also those gray areas, gray areas where there is not a proper regulation, where there is not legislation for the economy. Loretta Napoleoni

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The concept of muse is alien to me. To speak of a muse implies there is a couple in which one person is the objectified passive element - there to help the creative, active, often male part of the duo to create. A muse is very passive. Who wants a muse? I don't want a muse. Luca Guadagnino

The prince in 'The Leopard' was a very complex character - at times autocratic, rude, strong - at times romantic, good, understanding - and sometimes even stupid, and above all, mysterious. Luchino Visconti

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It was a beautiful custom. When a person who had a break of good luck entered a cafe and ordered a cup of coffee, he didn't pay just for one, but for two cups, allowing someone less fortunate who entered later to have a cup of coffee for free. Luciano De Crescenzo

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I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good. Luciano Pavarotti

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You too must not count too much on your reality as you feel it today, since like yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow. Luigi Pirandello

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It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame! Luigi Pirandello

The history of mankind is the history of ideas. Luigi Pirandello

History Ideas The History Of Mankind

I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you. Luigi Pirandello

Myself Relationship You Achieve Wish Suitable Form Present

Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life. Maria Montessori

Life Work Education Man Himself Conditions Which

The person who is developing freely and naturally arrives at a spiritual equilibrium in which he is master of his actions, just as one who has acquired physical poise can move freely. Maria Montessori

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We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master. Maria Montessori

Work Wait Master Only Going Teachers Help Servants

Through machinery, man can exert tremendous powers almost as fantastic as if he were the hero of a fairy tale. Through machinery, man can travel with an ever increasing velocity; he can fly through the air and go beneath the surface of the ocean. Maria Montessori

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The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence. Suddenly, the child becomes very sensitive to the rudeness and humiliations which he had previously suffered with patient indifference. Maria Montessori

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Noble ideas, great sentiments have always existed and have always been transmitted, but wars have never ceased. Maria Montessori

Great Never Noble Ideas Always Been Existed Sentiments Transmitted Wars

In modeling, I had to learn to like myself, to love myself, to feel comfortable. Mariacarla Boscono

Love Myself Had Feel Like Learn Comfortable Modeling To Love

To describe and explain my ideas is to lose them. Marino Marini

Lose Ideas Explain Them Describe

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