"Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in……" — Ambrose Bierce

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• Thus I came...to a deep religiosity, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of 12. Through the reading… — Albert Einstein
• During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned -… — Peter Drucker
• My deep religiosity [...] found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books. — Albert Einstein
• Hence the Bible has no record of his years of preparation; the record is very abrupt. Something about his childhood… — Rajneesh
• We may observe in some of the abrupt grounds we meet with, sections of great masses of strata, where it… — Jean-Andre Deluc
• He has fantastic powers. He can be imperious, abrupt, impatient with sloppy procedures, but he is also poetic, visionary, romantic.… — Unknown Author
• Most of the ladies and gentlemen who mourn the passing of the nation's leaders wouldn't know a leader if they… — Lewis H. Lapham
• What beauty. I saw clouds and their light shadows on the distant dear earth…. The water looked like darkish, slightly… — Yuri Gagarin
• Like Jesus, we can decide, daily or instantly, to give no heed to temptation (see D&C 20:22). We can respond… — Neal A. Maxwell
• Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done… — Graham Swift
• The sudden and abrupt deletion of all individuals occupying the lower bands of the Tone Scale from the social order… — L. Ron Hubbard
• When people have been traumatized, they are stuck in paralysis-the immobility reaction or abrupt explosions of rage. — Peter A. Levine

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