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Cursing themselves in ragged dreamsfire has singed the edges of,they know a slow dying the fields have come to terms with.Shimmering fans work against the… — Yusef Komunyakaa
He was telling the students about the hypnotic technique of using quotes in a conversation. An idea is more palatable ... if it comes from… — Neil Strauss
The Christians who engaged in infamous persecutions and shameful inquisitions were not evil men but misguided men. The churchmen who felt they had an edict… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In terms of you happiness, in terms of the matters that make you proud or sad, nothing-I repeat, nothing-will have so profound an effect on… — Gordon B. Hinckley
It is difficult for young players to learn - because of the great emphasis on records - but, ideally, the joy and frustration of sport… — John Wooden
Failure can be bought on easy terms; success must be paid for in advance — Cullen Hightower
My response, a dubious and hesitant one, is that it has been and may continue to be, in the time that is left to me,… — J M Coetzee
You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my… — Julius Erving
In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do it. — Frederik Pohl
Beauty, like all other qualities presented to human experience, is relative; and the definition of it becomes unmeaning and useless in proportion to its abstractness.… — Walter Pater
If I can save 25 billion dollars in terms of reduction of import, I will be adding one percent to the GDP. By conserving the… — Veerappa Moily
When I got into the music industry, I wasn't focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record deal. It was… — Janelle Monae
For me, privacy and security are really important. We think about it in terms of both: You can't have privacy without security. — Larry Page
I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that the CEO of… — Tim Cook
Novels–and memoirs–are perhaps the most comprehensive reports humans can deliver, of their private experiences, to other humans. In these terms there is only one kind… — Tao Lin
No legal ceremony--no election of the woman--no penalty for the perfidy of the man--no law to compel him to do his duty, no compensation for… — Victoria Woodhull
I mean, in rock music terms I'm like a dinosaur. — Belinda Carlisle
(The terms douloi, banausoi and aristoi) are in a way more precise, but what is more vital and valuable, they are more comprehensive: they project… — Kenny Smith
I am caught in a terrific bind of characterologically and rationally needing to think in the most comprehensive terms possible, forming a continuous system of… — Kenny Smith
I know that if I could really understand mental illness, then it would be appropriate to make a big career shift. I would become a… — John Forbes Nash
I am intentionally avoiding the standard term which, by the way, did not exist in Euler's time. One of the ugliest outgrowths of the "new… — George Polya
Here I beg you to observe in passing that the scruples that prevented ancient writers from using arithmetical terms in geometry, and which can only… — Rene Descartes
In terms of love, you're not in control and I hate that feeling. I seem to write a lot of sad songs because I'm a… — Freddie Mercury
When Adam Smith was being incomprehensible, he didn't have the luxury of brief, snappy technical terms as a shorthand for incoherence. — P.J. O'Rourke
You and I both know there's got to be some greater storyline for you than 'girl gets heart broken, was sad forever'. I think a… — Taylor Swift

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