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Despite the fact that in America we incarcerate more juveniles for life terms than in any other country in the world, the truth is that… — Ayelet Waldman
In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex… — Emma Watson
A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world. — Alan Watts
Even low-calorie diets and vigorous exercise fail to work in the long term for at least some people. — Andrew Weil
Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term. — Jack Welch
Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later. — Jack Welch
You can't grow long-term if you can't eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is. — Jack Welch
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar… — Orson Welles
Give us that grand word 'woman' once again, and let's have done with 'lady'; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm,… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. — George Will
Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain. — George Will
Sarah Palin, who with 17 months remaining in her single term as Alaska's governor quit the only serious office she has ever held, is obsessively… — George Will
Beyond budget fights, the Obama second-term agenda was supposed to be about passing comprehensive immigration reform. — Juan Williams
In the last 100 years only Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford lost their bids for reelection. President Lyndon Johnson did not… — Juan Williams
I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses. — Lucinda Williams
'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces. — Venus Williams
I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be… — Brian Wilson
I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues… — E. O. Wilson
I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it. — E. O. Wilson
Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever… — Harold Wilson

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