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• 'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock.

  Chris Cornell

  Canción, Escritura, Rocas

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• Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the constitution, are constitutional.

  John Marshall

  Mean, Letters, Spirit

  McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

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• No somos más que hojas recientes del mismo viejo árbol de la vida y si esta vida se ha adaptado a nuevas funciones y condiciones, utiliza una y otra vez los mismos viejos principios básicos. No hay ninguna diferencia real entre la hierba y el hombre que la corta.

  Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

  Philosophy, Real, Philosophical

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• One ought not to hoard culture. It should be adapted and infused into society as a leaven. Liberality of culture does not mean illiberality of its benefits.

  Wallace Stevens

  Mean, Doe, Culture

  "Souvenirs and Prophecies: the Young Wallace Stevens" edited by Holly Stevens, (Ch. 3), 1977.

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• Las constituciones no están diseñadas para sutilezas metafísicas o lógicas, para sutilezas de expresión, para la corrección crítica, para matices elaborados de significado, o para el ejercicio de la agudeza filosófica o la investigación judicial. Son instrumentos de naturaleza práctica, fundados en el quehacer común de la vida humana, adaptados a las necesidades comunes, diseñados para el uso común y ajustados a los entendimientos comunes.

  Historia de Joseph

  Philosophical, Exercise, Expression

  Joseph Story (1851). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.322

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• Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.

  Bill Gates

  Food, Innovation, Environment

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• ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Envy, Emulation, Capacity

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Best Of Ambrose Bierce: The Damned Thing + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Devil's Dictionary + Chickamauga (4 Classics in 1 Book)”, p.75, e-artnow

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• We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.

  Plato

  Children, Plato, Parenting

  Plato (2005). “The Republic”, p.82, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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• Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.'

  Ai Weiwei

  Philosophy, Stronger, Landscape

  "Gold Is Not the Real Measure of a Nation". www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2008.

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• Los que están más adaptados a la vida activa pueden prepararse para la contemplación en la práctica de la vida activa, mientras que los que están más adaptados a la vida contemplativa pueden asumir los trabajos de la vida activa para llegar a serlo todavía.

  Tomás de Aquino

  Vida Contemplativa, Práctica, Contemplación

  Santo Tomás de Aquino (2013). "Suma Teológica, Tomo 4 (Parte III, Sección Primera)", p.1940, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

  Aimee Mullins

  Inspirational, Change, Adversity

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• My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you.

  Martin Van Buren

  Safe Keeping, Accomplishment, Opinion

  United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren), Martin Van Buren (1838). “Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress: At the Commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress”, p.10

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• El elevado valor alimentario de los haboncillos y la escasez de suministros debida a las escasas cosechas de 1915 y 1916 les confieren una gran importancia en las regiones a las que se adaptan.

  David F. Houston

  Rendimiento, Luz, Campos

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• De hecho, las palabras están bien adaptadas para describir y suscitar emociones, pero para muchos tipos de pensamiento preciso son mucho mejores otros símbolos.

  John B. S. Haldane

  Ateísmo, Hechos, Emoción

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• A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.

  Elías Canetti

  Men, Lice, Add

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• Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.

  Chris Chocola

  September 11, World, Immigration

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• Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.

  Thomas Bulfinch

  Years, Iron, Suits Of Armor

  Thomas Bulfinch (1858). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur, "King Arthur and His Knights", "The Mabinogeon", "The Crusades", "Robin Hood", Etc”, p.19

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• Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my dog: the way Webster moves, the way he holds his head. I kind of adapted it into this part unconsciously

  Calista Flockhart

  Dog, Moving, Character

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• Por lo general, la costumbre de los escritores de historia natural ha sido tomar como punto fijo los hábitos e instintos de los animales y considerar su estructura y organización como especialmente adaptadas para estar de acuerdo con ellos.

  Alfred Russel Wallace

  Animal, Organization, Habit

  Alfred Russel Wallace (1869). “The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise”, p.267, London, Macmillan

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• Hay mucha música moderna que se adapta mejor a una combinación de viento que a una de cuerda, aunque por razones obvias se haya compuesto originalmente para orquesta. Si en estos casos la interpretación está a la altura de la composición, el equilibrio de una combinación de viento es más satisfactorio.

  John Philip Sousa

  Viento, Equilibrio, Orquesta

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• La institución de una biblioteca pública, que contenga libros sobre educación, estaría bien adaptada para la información de los profesores, muchos de los cuales no pueden comprar publicaciones caras sobre esos temas.

  Joseph Lancaster

  Profesor, Libro, Biblioteca

  Joseph Lancaster (1803). "Improvements in education, as it respects the industrious classes of the community", p.38

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• But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor.

  Ray Walston

  Book, Thinking, Differences

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• I adapted an antiquated style and modernized it to something that was efficient. I didn't know anyone else in the world would be able to use it and I never imagined it would revolutionize the event.

  Dick Fosbury

  Style, Events, Would Be

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• The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.

  Joseph Butler

  Happiness, Men, World

  Joseph Butler (1867). “The Analogy of Religion, to the Constitution & Course of Nature...”, p.215

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• Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

  Robert Benchley

  Spring, Writing, Soul

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