"She was also, by the standards of other people, lost. She would not see it like that. She knew where she was, it was just that everywhere else didn't."
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"We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities."
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"Anyone who maintains absolute standards of good and evil is dangerous. As dangerous as a maniac with a loaded revolver."
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"Stop bullshitting yourself. You're not satisfied. You lowered your standards and are settling for a lot less."
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"When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last."
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"No art goes unmediated by other art."
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"Action or inaction are both forms of leadership and standard setting."
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"The South African native is probably the one impossible person to train in the entire world; he is probably impossible by any human standard."
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"I believe in the single standard -- for men and women."
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"Money appears as measure (in Homer, e.g. oxen) earlier than as medium of exchange, because in barter each commodity is still its own medium of exchange. But it cannot be its own or its own standard of comparison."
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"Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard to decency should be regarded as contraband and not allowed to pollute the channels of international commerce."
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"I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail."
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"If one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries."
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"It's hard to lose when your standards are so low."
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"And what is writ is writ - / Would it were worthier!"
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"The flagrant disregard in the courtroom of elementary standards of proper conduct should not and cannot be tolerated."
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