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For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the… — George Washington
Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and… — William James
The problem with a popular art form is that those who want something more are in a hopeless minority compared with the millions who are… — Pauline Kael
The most interesting characteristic of the cube is that it is relatively uninteresting. Compared to any other three-dimensional form, the cube lacks any aggressive force,… — Sol LeWitt
Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of two different communities… — Elio Di Rupo
The growth of the soul may be compared to the growth of a plant. In both cases, no new properties are imparted by the operation… — George Ripley
With each success the ability to change is reduced. My longtime friend and coach Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, aptly compared it to being dipped in bronze.… — Garry Kasparov
I cannot sufficiently celebrate the glorious liberty that reigns in the public libraries of the twentieth century as compared with the intolerable management of those… — Edward Bellamy
There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance--do not sacrifice that to anything else. — John D. Rockefeller
Interior decorating is a rock-hard science compared to psychology practiced by amateurs. — Antonin Scalia
If there is an â€˜overabundance' of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action -- which there well might be when compared with some… — Elena Kagan
The Roman Catholic Church has the unique power of keeping remote control over human souls which have once been part of her. G.K. Chesterton has… — Evelyn Waugh
We should never feel like we're going too far in breaking the law, because whatever laws you break to liberate animals or to protect the… — Paul Watson
I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to… — Ayumi Hamasaki
A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. — Richard de Bury
Years of observation and thought have given increasing strength to the belief that we Jews stand apart from you gentiles, that a primal duality breaks… — Maurice Samuel
Nursing is a kind of mania; a fever in the blood; an incurable disease which, once contracted, cannot be got out of the system. If… — Monica Dickens
Any difficulties which the world faces today will be as nothing compared to the full effects which global warming will have on the world-wide economy. — Prince Charles
It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what? — Steve Forbert
The mind can store an estimated ioo trillion bits of information compared with which a computer's mere billions are virtually amnesiac. — Sharon Begley

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