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A radical is one of whom people say ''He goes too far.'' A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ''doesn't go far enough.''… — Woodrow Wilson
It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of… — Dalai Lama
But I believe this: by and large, the United States ought to be able to choose for its President anybody that it wants, regardless of… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The castration of women has been carried out in terms of a masculine-feminine polarity, in which men have commandeered all the energy and streamlined it… — Germaine Greer
Most people don't realize that the mind constantly chatters. And yet, that chatter winds up being the force that drives us much of the day… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
If it were felt that the free development of individuality is one of the leading essentials of well-being; that it is not only a coordinate… — John Stuart Mill
A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral. — Max Beerbohm
I don't like PG-13 horror movies. I think they're a contradiction in terms. — Clive Barker
Every mutation through a new combination of genetic factors that provides the organism with a new opportunity for coming to terms with the conditions of… — Konrad Lorenz
The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception, and he translates the expression of… — John Drinkwater
Goodness that comes out of hiding and assumes a public role is no longer good, but corrupt in its own terms and will carry its… — Hannah Arendt
Mass communication communicates massively: its language lacks precise articulation and avoids demanding terms; it argues for the kind of behavior in life which will make… — Frederic Raphael
All writers learn this, in time: don't show your work to other people until it's safely finished. Even discussing your unborn book in quite general… — Lynne Truss
But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion… — Tony Blair
Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect of other men,… — Edmond de Goncourt
Those who speak of our culture as dead or dying have a quarrel with life, and I think they cannot understand its terms, but must… — Muriel Rukeyser
I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk. — Roddy Doyle
I was initially planning to write about grief in terms of Eurydice and the myth thereof. By that point the overall metaphor of height and… — Julian Barnes
I'm a complete democrat in terms of who buys my books. — Julian Barnes
I suppose if I had my time again I would refuse it and stay at Fulham because I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, and secondly… — Kevin Keegan
If with open mind one reads and observes industriously and long; if in so doing one covers a wide field and so covering reflects in… — Louis Sullivan
A breast cancer might turn out to have a close resemblance to a gastric cancer. And this kind of reorganization of cancer in terms of… — Siddhartha Mukherjee
There is a duality in recognising what an incredible disease it is - in terms of its origin, that it emerges out of a normal… — Siddhartha Mukherjee
I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation. — Margaret Mahy
I want to go out on my terms. — Misty May-Treanor

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