Extent Quotes
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Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.
Aristotle
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It's surprising that the world is understandable to the extent that it is.
Edward Boyden
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I dont think just scaring people is enough. That worked during the freeze days to a major extent, but we really didnt achieve that much even at that time. You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.
Alan Cranston
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I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.
Carlisle Floyd
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I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.
P. J. O'Rourke
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While it is true that science, to the extent of its grasp of causative connections, may reach important conclusions as to the compatibility and incompatibility of goals and evaluations, the independent and fundamental definitions regarding goals and values remain beyond science's reach.
Albert Einstein
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To the broadest extent that the Supreme Court has ... authorized.
J. M. Roberts
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Anecdote: The extent of Michael Jackson's fame at its height, and his eagerness to exploit it is shown by an incident in 1984 when invited to a White House reception hosted by then President and First Lady Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Jackson had been assured that the only people there, besides the presidential couple, would be a few staff members' children. Aghast to find around 75 adults and no children, Jackson locked himself in an upstairs bathroom, refusing to emerge until assured that all non-essential adults had been replaced by a number of children.
Michael Jackson
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I believe in the essential unity of all that lives. Therefore, I believe that if one person gains spiritually, the whole world gains, and that if one person falls, the whole world falls to that extent.
Mahatma Gandhi
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To the extent to which we believe in this world, we are heir to the laws which rule this place.
Marianne Williamson
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God is like us to this extent, that whatever in us is good is like God.
Henry Ward Beecher
