Instance Quotes

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Neoliberalization has not been very effective in revitalizing global capital accumulation, but it has succeeded remarkably well in restoring, or in some instances (as in… — David Harvey
Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal… — Joseph M. Juran
A colour is a physical object as soon as we consider its dependence, for instance, upon its luminous source, upon other colours, upon temperatures, upon… — Ernst Mach
The fact that a player is very short of time is to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance,… — Alexander Alekhine
For instance, I may bring a certain feminist perspective to my songwriting, because that's how I see life. I'm interested in art, poetry, and music.… — Laura Nyro
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was… — Gerry Mulligan
When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he… — Anton Chekhov
Let the things that happen on the stage be just as complex and yet just as simple as they are in life. For instance, people… — Anton Chekhov
People's destinies are so different. Some people drag along, unnoticed and boringâ€”they're all alike, and they're all unhappy. Then there are others, like for instance… — Anton Chekhov
Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system of Pharaoh, the… — Walter Brueggemann
A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them… — Allen Tate
I do not know an instance of a major mathematical advance initiated by a man past fifty — G. H. Hardy
Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his buildings as sculptures. I like to imagine my sculptures as architectural. — Michael Heizer
It is well to write love letters. There are certain things for which it is not easy to ask your mistress face to face, like… — Henri de Regnier
Silences enter the process of historical production at four crucial moments: the moment of fact creation (the making of sources); the moment of fact assembly… — Michel-Rolph Trouillot
While it may be true in some instances that our promised blessings will be fulfilled only in the eternities, it is also true that as… — Susan W. Tanner
The writer gleans wind scraps; he listens wherever he can. Each day is full of instances;Â what counts, as with all stimuli, is the sympathetic… — Nicholas Delbanco
What moved me, in the first instance, to attempt a work like this, was the discomfort and suffering which I had seen brought upon men… — Isabella Beeton
The point of mathematics is that in it we have always got rid of the particular instance, and even of any particular sorts of entities.… — Alfred North Whitehead
If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine gun… — Lee Kuan Yew

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