Equivalent Quotes

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The notion is that human beings are born, (as my Guru has explained many times,) with equivalent potential for both contraction and expansion. The ingredients… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old… — Susanna Clarke
. . . women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she wasn't, and we… — Judith Martin
The music defied classification. If I had been writing a review of the show, I would have labeled it progressive, guitar-driven rock â€™nâ€™ roll. But… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
His cheek twitched. With Jeremy, this was the equivalent of an emotional outburst. — Kelley Armstrong
Scientists rightly resist invoking the supernatural in scientific explanations for fear of committing a god-of-the-gaps fallacy (the fallacy of using God as a stop-gap for… — William A. Dembski
I try to see the whole woman,' Eddie said to Hannah. 'Of course I recognize that she's old, but there are photographs - or the… — John Irving
....thinking you are attacking society when you condemn or ravage the hypothetical Nice Girl Next Door is the exact equivalent of thinking that stealing from… — Joanna Russ
The look in MannyÂ´s eye was the ocular equivalent of a middle finger... — J R Ward
It is said that whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first hand… — Terry Pratchett
It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it. — Albert Einstein
I weaned myself on the nostalgia equivalent of methadone (less addictive, less obvious, less likely to make you crazy): missing what I had never had. — Tana French
I have not been able to discover whether there exists a precise French equivalent for the common Anglo-American expression 'killing time.' It's a very crass… — Christopher Hitchens
You two have to promise to be careful!" Sinead handed Amy a small plastic bag. "I made you a going-away presentâ€“a high-powered miniature smoke bomb.… — Gordon Korman
Love can do all but raise the Dead I doubt if even that From such a giant were withheld Were flesh equivalent But love is… — Emily Dickinson
CHOW^TM contained spun, plaited, and woven protein molecules, capped and coded, carefully designed to be ignored by even the most ravenous digestive tract enzymes; no-cal… — Neil Gaiman
In the business world, whatâ€™s the female equivalent of going golfing with a client?â€ Laney gave this some thought. Payton fell silent, too, contemplating. After… — Julie James
As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life. — Nhat Hanh
An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed… — Napoleon Hill
The Tarahumara would party like this all night, then rouse themselves the next morning to face off in a running race that could last not… — Christopher McDougall

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