Scale Quotes
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We are trying to see how we can help to scale down the violence, and the situation of tension, and therefore to return to what is a dream of everybody, to try to negotiate a permanent peace.
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We know now that in modern warfare, fought on any considerable scale, there can be no possible economic gain for any side. Win or lose, there is nothing but waste and destruction.
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This is an unprecedented event in terms of devastation and scale. It's not like a spill on a river or a beach; you have small channels, canals, towns, levees. Everything here is complicated . . . and it's not a simple environment to assess damage in.
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From the fear and constriction that's sort of always pulling us back and keeping us in old modalities, I feel like any expansive act of kindness, thoughtfulness, and generosity, helps tip the scale toward a more conscious, liberated existence for everyone.
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The forces which displace continents are the same as those which produce great fold-mountain ranges. Continental drift, faults and compressions, earthquakes, volcanicity, transgression cycles and polar wandering are undoubtedly connected causally on a grand scale. Their common intensification in certain periods of the earth’s history shows this to be true. However, what is cause and what effect, only the future will unveil.
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How fishy on the fishiness scale? Ten is a stickleback and one is a whale shark." "A whale isn't a fish, Thursday." "A whale shark is--sort of." "All right, it's as fishy as a crayfish." "A crayfish isn't a fish." "A starfish, then." "Still not a fish." "This is a very odd conversation, Thursday.
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How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly he spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in, With gently smiling jaws!
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The scale is one of the things that makes an image more honest.
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Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.
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A nonviolent struggle necessarily involves construction on a small scale. It cannot therefore lead to tamas or darkness or inertia.
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Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.
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Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties.
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Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than ever before.
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The possibility of democracy on a global scale is emerging today for the very first time.
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Hey, this has been said before over the past century or so. But there's a survival instinct going on that is demonstrated on a small scale here.
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In big companies projects have to scale and Lean Startup help us to do it.
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That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale.
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It has become increasingly clear that the greatest operational benefits come from strong local and regional scale.
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There is a branding influence on my work. But there's nothing really new about people as brands. The only difference is the scale and exposure.
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Life isn't about constantly trying to scale peak after peak, it's about living at a high plateau & thriving.
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We're starting with something I believe was a generation ahead of what was out there; all it needed was scale. And Oracle can bring scale.
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Resolve will melt no rocks. But it can scale them.
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At some point, you have an opportunity to not be a first-time filmmaker anymore. You can embrace the genre and show the world how you can tell stories on a bigger scale.
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My aim has been, not only to go once more through the task of Albert Durer, but to execute it also on an extended scale.
