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It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the…

— Breyten Breytenbach

These detective series on TV always end at precisely the right moment-after the criminal is arrested and before the court turns him loose.

— Robert Orben

This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop such a sensitive attack and will be unable to…

— Ulrich Beck

We have learned that precision munitions go precisely where they're targeted to go. We've learned that the introduction of human beings in the equation,…

— Tommy Franks

Precisely because I'm a man who is attracted to women, there may be some things that I have to say as a spectator of…

— William T. Vollmann

We know that U.S. voters, and world leaders, allow Obama extraordinary leeway when it comes to deadly drone strikes, precisely because of his politics,…

— Glenn Greenwald

I go for actors who do precisely what is expected of them.

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

All the textbooks talk about avoidance as a classic hallmark of anxiety disorder. So you need a therapist who is sympathetic and understanding but…

— Scott Stossel

I know precisely what it takes to become a business success and I will certainly draw upon my own experiences when considering whether to…

— Touker Suleyman

Emancipatory politics always consists in making seem possible precisely that which, from within the situation, is declared to be impossible.

— Alain Badiou

It is precisely in knowing its limits that philosophy consists.

— Immanuel Kant

The U.N. guards the vital principles entrenched in its charter, notably the sovereign equality of states and the inadmissibility of interference in their internal…

— Shashi Tharoor