"What is one person's diversion may be another's supreme test."
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"A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it."
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"The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government."
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"The test to which all methods of treatment are finally brought is whether they are lucrative to doctors or not."
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"The first test of ability and intelligence is to find a field of endeavor in which profits are large and risks small."
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"Funnily enough, when I originally went in for my screen test, that set was already built."
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"The book [Manufacturing Consent] itself is then devoted to a series of case studies, selected, we hope [with Edward Herman], to offer a fair and in fact rather severe test of those conclusions."
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"The educational system is pretty much geared to passing the next exam. You're educated to pass tests and not to understand."
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"The practice of first developing a clear and precise definition of a process without regard for efficiency, and then using it as a guide and a test in exploring equivalent processes possessing other characteristics, such as greater efficiency, is very common in mathematics. It is a very fruitful practice which should not be blighted by premature emphasis on efficiency in computer execution."
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"I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as to our going to any scene of amusement being right or wrong."
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"Analysis is carried into everything. Even Deity is subjected to chemical tests."
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"To make the common marvelous is the test of genius."
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"The Test arena is a place I have been desperate to get back to, it is the pinnacle of the sport"
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"When you put yourself in environments that continually test you, that's where all the good stories come from. That's where the jokes come from is from the shitty parts."
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"One must know how to conserve oneself- the best test of independence."
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"You don't have to pass an IQ test to be in the Senate."
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"Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings."
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"Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road."
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"What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life."
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"Jesus prescribes a doctrinal test for false prophets because a behavioral test is unreliable."
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