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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography. — Lee Child
I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a… — Eric Clapton
The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history… — Nick Clegg
You know, everybody has setbacks in their life, and everybody falls short of whatever goals they might set for themselves. That's part of living and… — Hillary Clinton
I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values… — Hillary Clinton
The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since 1960. One of them will… — Hillary Clinton
The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime. — William J. Clinton
Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world,… — Kurt Cobain
A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction. — A. R. Ammons
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent,… — Louis Aragon
He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings in speaking of… — Laozi
You cannot stop. If there is a concrete wall in front of you, you have to go through it. You can never, ever give up… — Donald Trump
You must come to terms with the reality that nothing outside ourselves, be it people or things is actually responsible for our happiness. — Mary Edwards Walker
The doctrine of evolution implies the passage from the most organised to the least organised, or, in other terms, from the most general to the… — John Hughlings Jackson
Every time we sign a treaty with another country, the treaty (should) include prisoner transfer provisions.... Under these provisions, the country in which the crimes… — Kathleen Brown
I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage and have barely… — Unknown Author
Your automatic creative mechanism is teleological. That is, it operates in terms of goals and end results. Once you give it a definite goal to… — Maxwell Maltz
The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that… — Tom Coburn
The FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and it's been focused on prosecution. But what we need in… — John Ashcroft
Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not to. We're talking about three… — Stephen Covey
That expression "positive neutrality" is a contradiction in terms. There can be no more positive neutrality than there can be a vegetarian tiger. — Unknown Author
In volume terms, the Tasmanian wine industry is as tiny as its potential is large. — Unknown Author
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. — Andrew Jackson

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