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arbitrary rewards conformity
A person's willingness to conform to arbitrary parameters is not a good criterion for selecting talent or allocating rewards. Bruce Tulgan
arbitrary cuba decision mission nations permanent protest state strongly united wishes
The permanent mission of Cuba to the United Nations wishes to protest strongly at the arbitrary decision and to state that it disagrees completely with the pretexts given. Kofi Annan
arbitrary taxes pernicious
The most pernicious of all taxes are the arbitrary. David Hume
arbitrary collection lack pattern ridiculous seems
I often feel a discomfort, a kind of embarrassment, when I explain elementary-particle physics to laypeople. It all seems so arbitrary - the ridiculous collection of fundamental particles, the lack of pattern to their masses. Leonard Susskind
arbitrary arrived brevity good
Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins. Michael Winter
arbitrary cannot citizens freedom hard law power raise rulers trusted voices work
Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at injustice.
arbitrary conclusive final judgment present takes timetable
I don't think we should have some arbitrary timetable ... You give it as long as it takes to come to a conclusive and final judgment they're not cooperating. And at the present they're not. Tony Blair
arbitrary determine earned moving particular somewhat
It is somewhat arbitrary because it's a moving average. How do you determine what you would have earned on that particular date?
arbitrary assertion naturally seem sheer simply victim vision
It is deplorable, but not tragic, simply to be a victim of circumstance. Sheer victimization is not an assertion - and it naturally makes not for vision but for frustration. The victimizing circumstances, or accidents, seem arbitrary and exorbitant, even silly. Kenneth Burke
civilized example expect message send society strong
We want to send a very strong message ... this is not what we expect out of civilized society, ... We're going to make an example of somebody. John Wilson
civilized societies
Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. Tom McClintock
civilized goes left running
When your whole system, your whole civilized system goes down, this is pretty much what you get left with. We have no communications, no running water, no electricity, no real help. Kathleen Blanco
civilized freedoms protect rest
to protect the freedoms of the rest of the civilized world. Hoshyar Zebari
civilized greater importance relatively verb
The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language. John Wesley Powell
civilized country dear hold nations throughout
what we hold dear in this country and in other civilized nations throughout the world.
civilized
from a civilized world out to god-forsaken Kern County. Elton Gallegly
civilized deserve ensure freedom manner
It is a requirement to ensure that the withdrawal will take place in a civilized manner so that we can show the world we deserve our freedom and independence. Mahmoud Abbas
civilized condemn position praising saying seem share suited three time
Just as for three years I've been saying he's not suited (for the job), I also don't share the position of many -- too many -- jackals who some time ago were praising him and now are the first to condemn him. That doesn't seem civilized to me. Giulio Tremonti
seldom sights
Once we have the person in our sights and they see us, we seldom have a struggle.
seldom
Very seldom it happens, but occasionally it does.
seldom sleep visits
Sleep seldom visits sorrow; when it doth, it is a comforter. William Shakespeare
seldom thinks worst
He seldom errs / Who thinks the worst he can of womankind. John Hume
traits
Courage is the rarest of all good traits Dennis Prager
uncertainty-principle doe principles
Quantum mechanics brought an unexpected fuzziness into physics because of quantum uncertainty, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. String theory does so again because a point particle is replaced by a string, which is more spread out. Edward Witten
uncertain anticipate ambivalent
The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate. Elia Kazan
uncertainty
There cannot be any peace where there is uncertainty. Dwight L. Moody
uncertain messy finished
Because she was raw and uncertain, and she liked to keep all the messy parts of herself to herself. ... As much as Lena liked to hide the mess and display the finished product, by this point she was all mess and no product. Ann Brashares
uncertain
These are uncertain times. We've got on our belts, suspenders, parachutes and skyhooks,
uncertain
It would take years with a really uncertain outcome, Stephane Dion
uncertain optimist regard
The optimist regards the future as uncertain. Eugene Wigner
uncertain week
It has not only been an uncertain day but the whole week has been uncertain. Philip Smith
uncertain creeds contradictory
If all creeds are equally true, then since they are contradictory to one another, they are all equally false, or at least equally uncertain. John Gresham Machen
unless
We're not going to put him in unless he's 100 percent. Ken Hitchcock
unless
Unless something unforeseen happens, they are going to make it if they keep up this pace. Jacques Rogge
unless week
unless something is in our refinery in a week or so, we're starved.
unless
Unless it's over 50 percent, I'm always skeptical. It could pass. It could fail. You can't really make a call.
unless
Unless I'm very much mistaken... I am very much mistaken. Murray Walker
unless
I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person. Estelle
unless wished
Jews have never, ever, ever wished to be separate, unless they were forced to be. Simon Schama
unless
Unless we get very fortunate, ... we are not going to be a championship contender.
unless
Unless they shrunk up over the years, he must not have been a real big fellow,