Term Quotes
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No culture on earth is as heavily narcotized as the industrial West in terms of being inured to the consequences of maladaptive behavior. We pursue a business-as-usual attitude in a surreal atmosphere of mounting crises and irreconcilable contradictions.
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To come to terms with our beginning requires a truthful story to acquire the skills to live in gratitude rather than resentment for the gift of life.
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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.
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If we don't like rent control, we ought to oppose it on political and social grounds - and not just by arguing that, thanks to smartphones and social networks, we can create new, more efficient markets for matching short-term renters with tenants.
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Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms.
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The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
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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 in our society today is essential.
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Success is only measured in terms of JOY
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I am opposed to term limits because if we did not have seasoned professionals, we would not have the good government that we have.
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I hate the term 'rom-com.'
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Know your place in the world and evaluate yourself fairly, not in terms of the naïve ideals of your own youth, nor in terms of what you erroneously imagine your teacher's ideals are.
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In terms of essays, I would say Oliver Sacks. His breadth of hard knowledge and imagination and empathy seems to constitute the perfect mind to me.
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Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making.
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The Voice has been politically correct in many of its aspects since before that term was ever used.
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As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently.
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Our struggles are the short term lessons we learn to achieve long term success.
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I have two or three cars that I like, but today, Ferrari would be the best car I have driven in terms of being an impressive car.
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In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.
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In the long term, you have to believe that movies and TV shows will be like the opera and the novel, pretty nichey businesses.
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There's really no such thing as an 'ex-cop' or a cop who's 'off-duty' or 'retired.' Once trained, once indoctrinated, a cop is always alert, assessing reality in terms of its potential for illegal acts.
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I'm always hearing music in terms of what I can take out of it, and I think I've always listened like that. I have a hard time just listening for pleasure. I'm much less about instinct, and more of a utilitarian listener.
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All statements are true, if you are free to redefine their terms.
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..the self-knowledge that I am talking about is concrete, verifiable and is tangible like science itself and completely understandable in rational terms.
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I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I'm just trying not to get into that sort of state again.
