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I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the cost of seeing… — Richard M. Nixon
Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and historical tasks is an actual or potential assassin. — Albert Camus
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see… — Richard Thompson
Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets...seek to express the universe in terms of music. The singer has everything within him. The… — Rabindranath Tagore
Among the hundreds of so-called "UFO reports" each year, a sizable fraction of those clearly observed by reputable witnesses remain unexplained-and difficult to explain in… — Richard Hall
While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people. — Stephen Covey
I've come to terms with it, it knows I know. — Rod McKuen
The system functioned relatively automatically, and the prevailing system of racial meanings, identities, and ideologies already seemed natural. Ninety percent of those admitted to prison… — Michelle Alexander
A perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Life itself is a state of continuous struggle between ourselves and everything outside. Every moment we are… — Swami Vivekananda
Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are… — Swami Vivekananda
It's hard to come to terms with the fact that you aren't going to be loved the way you want to be loved. — Amy Harmon
Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to his people's advantage, while intent… — Desiderius Erasmus
What am I doing with my life? Am I just going to some humdrum job that I donâ€™t really want to be at, doing some… — Kai Greene
What am I doing with my life am I living it or am I just going to some hum drum job that I don't really… — Kai Greene
I can understand your aversion to the use of the term 'religion' to describe an emotional and psychological attitude which shows itself most clearly in… — Albert Einstein
Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings. — Albert Einstein
Scientific research can reduce superstition by encouraging people to think and view things in terms of cause and effect. — Albert Einstein
Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not… — Albert Einstein
If you take a sophisticated idea, reduce it to the simplest possible terms so that itâ€™s accessible to everybody, and donâ€™t get simple mixed up… — Gordon Willis

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