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"Thus we arrive at the singular conclusion that of all the information passed by our cultural assets it is precisely the elements which might be of the greatest importance to us and which have the task of solving the riddles of the universe and of reconciling us to the sufferings of life -- it is precisely those elements that are the least well authenticated of any."
"Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves."
"For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination."
"Both biological and cultural diversity are now severely threatened and working for their preservation is a critical task."
"The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable."
"It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life."
"Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don't like action and excitement, you don't go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever!"
"Simplify the task. Continually look for faster, better, easier ways to get the job done."
"If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time."
"It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune."
"The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants."
"To pray diligently is more than half the task."
"One's better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one's own. In fact it's a terrible business and the task is a hard one."
"Creating a piece of software is always complicated because you're doing something new. If you just wanted something that had been done before you'd just use that old piece of software. So there are no repetitive tasks."
"People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on marketing research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page."
"Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty... For what task, then, were you yourself created?"
"If logic itself is created rather than being inborn, it follows that the first task of education is to form reasoning."
"It is the task of radical thought, since the world is given to us unintelligibly, to make it more unintelligible, more enigmatic, more fabulous."
"Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people. You do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out these tasks with which you are entrusted."
"Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator, in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me. I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service."
