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The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual… — Barack Obama
In a capitalist world, the word capital has taken on more and more uses. . . . human capital, for instance, which is what labor… — Kim Stanley
There's a sort of magic and music to comedy. Some words, some numbers even, are funnier than others. A Caramac bar, for instance, is funnier… — David Walliams
I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just… — James Earl Jones
Our misery comes, not from work, but by our getting attached to something. Take for instance, money: money is a great thing to have, earn… — Swami Vivekananda
If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a… — Evelyn Waugh
Most of us are aware of and pretend to detest the barefaced instances of that hypocrisy by which men deceive others, but few of us… — Laurence Sterne
I think it's interesting how people act on their beliefs. A lot of Christians, for instance, wear crosses around their necks. Nice sentiment, but do… — Bill Hicks
Never trust the translation or interpretation of something without first trusting its interpreter. One word absent from a sentence can drastically change the true intended… — Suzy Kassem
I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because… — Alejandro Amenabar
For instance, some early ideas for Florida were done only recently. The idea of a little village was there from the beginning and now we… — John Hench
The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable. — Trevor Nunn
This principle applies to your family pet, for instance, which I believe are wonderful because they put you into a great emotional state. When you… — James Arthur Ray
Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents. — Aron Nimzowitsch
While listening, to things like western swing, for instance, I'd work something out in my head, then play it on my National; not the same… — Mark Knopfler
As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break… — Mel Torme
I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with more… — Alfred Russel Wallace
Cell and tissue, shell and bone, leaf and flower, are so many portions of matter, and it is in obedience to the laws of physics… — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been a huge influence on Lost Souls and was crushed to… — Poppy Z. Brite
I had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was to think of… — Alan Bradley

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