"No man can have society upon his own terms."
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"The only way for us to have long-term happiness is to live by our highest ideals."
"I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now."
"The term 'working mother' is redundant."
"I don't ever use my name for anything in terms of getting the music heard."
"Although we deal with probabilities and expectations, the actual results can deviate substantially from such expectations, particularly on a short-term basis."
"You must come to terms with your wholeself. the wholeness which exceeds all our virtue and all our vice."
"You [should] persist even though there are some short-term stresses and even though there is some uncertainty, because it's the right thing to do."
"I usually think in terms of music"
"Moriarty is arguably the most famous super-villain in terms of literature."
"Term, holidays, term, holidays, till we leave school, and then work, work, work till we die."
"If we can't meet with our friends, I don't know how we're going to lead the world in terms of dealing with critical issues like terrorism."
"It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would come and ask me questions. One could say at that point I became a spiritual teacher, although the term did not occur to me then."
"It would be a contradiction in terms if the oppressors not only defended but actually implemented a liberating education."
"I think we'll say flat is the new growth in the short term."
"Success is only measured in terms of JOY"
"There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless."
"For decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world."
"Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history."
"I hadn't the personality to be a long-term Success."