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The walking of passers-by offers a series of turns and detours that can be compared to "turns of phrase" or "stylistic figures." There is a… — Michel de Certeau
People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in… — Clare Short
While women certainly have made great strides toward pay parity in the past 30 years, there is still a gap in earnings between men and… — Ginny Brown-Waite
A good painting should be the equivalent of a good deed. — Vincent Van Gogh
Natural history is not equivalent to biology. Biology is the study of life. Natural history is the study of animals and plants-of organisms. Biology thus… — Marston Bates
We would consider it cruel to confine a dog permanently in a kennel. Yet we visit zoos where hundreds of wild animals are kept permanently… — Virginia McKenna
After going to war against the U.N.'s expressed wishes, the U.S. is now admitting it needs the U.N.'s help. It's the geopolitical equivalent of the… — Jon Stewart
Plate glass... has no beauty of its own. Ideally, you ought not to be able to see it at all, but through it you can… — Isaac Asimov
A fantasy can be equivalent to a paradise and if the fantasy passes, better yet, because eternal paradise would be very boring. — Juan Ramon Jimenez
We've created a multitrillion-dollar edifice for dispensing the medical equivalent of lottery tickets - and have only the rudiments of a system to prepare patients… — Atul Gawande
Another hundred years may pass before we understand the true significance of Apollo. Lunar exploration was not the equivalent of an American pyramid, some idle… — Gene Cernan
I find it quite useful to think of a free-market economy - or partly free market economy - as sort of the equivalent of an… — Charlie Munger
Mastery requires endurance. Mastery, a word we donâ€™t use often, is not the equivalent of what we might consider its cognateâ€”perfectionismâ€”an inhuman aim motivated by… — Sarah Lewis
There can never be two or more equivalent electrons in an atom, for which in a strong field the values of all the quantum numbers… — Wolfgang Pauli
I believe that the art market is in a place similar to the music industry in 2005. Big changes are coming and the art market… — Mark Edward
Do you think the Roman soldiers thought he was the Son of God or just some goofball who got nailed to the cross? In 2000… — Geoffrey Fieger
Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent coming from France or Italy? This is the case simply because… — Andrzej Wajda
I have had my television aerials removed. It is the moral equivalent of a prostate operation. — Malcolm Muggeridge
Prisoner of War guard companies, or an equivalent organization, should be as far forward as possible in action to take over prisoners of war, because… — George S. Patton
Departure beyond the borders of my country is for me equivalent to death. — Boris Pasternak

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