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“A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend.”

Should Comfortable Tests Significant Hanging Out Significant Other

Author:Olivia Wilde

“I think we all depend on a significant other, and we think if they leave me, I'll die. But that's not true. We're all much stronger than we think we are.”

Ifs Thinking Dies Depends Stronger Significant Leaving Me Significant Other

Author:Katharine McPhee

“Thought of the incomprehensible sequence of changes and chances that make up a life, all the beauties and horrors and absurdities whose conjunctions create the uninterpretable and yet divinely significant pattern of human destiny.”

Humans Chance Destiny Horror Patterns Significant Absurdity Sequence Conjunctions

Book:Island

Source: Island

“Perhaps the most significant moral characteristic of a nation is its hypocrisy.”

Politics Nations Moral Significant Characteristics Hypocrisy Moral Character

Book:Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics

Source: Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics

“The average net worth of the lower half of the distribution, representing 62 million households, was $11,000 in 2013. About one-fourth of these families reported zero wealth or negative net worth, and a significant fraction of those said they were "underwater" on their home mortgages, owing more than the value of the home. This $11,000 average is 50 percent lower than the average wealth of the lower half of families in 1989, adjusted for inflation.”

“Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.”

World Passion Alive Youth All Things Significant

Book:Nature and Other Essays

Source: Nature and Other Essays

“Certainty creates strength. Certainty gives one something upon which to learn. Uncertainty creates weakness. Uncertainty makes one tentative if not fearful, and tentative steps, even when in the right direction, may not overcome significant obstacles.”

Ifs Giving May Steps Weakness Overcoming Obstacles Significant Certainty Uncertainty Fearful Right Direction

Author:John M Barry

“The current market ecosystem is not sustainable, and significant changes are coming one way or another.”

Way Currents Significant One Way Ecosystems Significant Change

Author:John Ramsay

“Galton's eccentric, sceptical, observing, flashing, cavalry-leader type of mind led him eventually to become the founder of the most important, significant and, I would add, genuine branch of sociology which exists, namely eugenics.”

Mind Important Leader Type Add Significant Genuine Branches Founders Sociology Observing Eccentric Eugenics Cavalry

Author:John Maynard Keynes

“Like myself, all Americans have a deep concern for the well-being of Iran. With them I have watched closely your courageous efforts, your steadfastness over the past difficult years, and with them I too have hoped that you might achieve the goals you so earnestly desire. The attainment of an oil settlement along the lines which have been announced should be a significant step in the direction of the realization of your aspirations for your people.”

“Our estimates suggest that a tax increase of 1 percent of GDP reduces output over the next three years by nearly 3 percent. The effect is highly significant.”

Years Three Next Effects Taxes Percent Increase Significant Three Years Output Gdp Tax Increases

Author:Christina Romer

“When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up.”

Trying Remember Turns Share Childhood Return Eternal Discovery Significant Glowing

Author:Hermann Hesse

“A man of science rises ever, in seeking truth; and if he never finds it in its wholeness, he discovers nevertheless very significant fragments; and these fragments of universal truth are precisely what constitutes science.”

Ifs Men Science Universal Accounts Seeking Significant Rising Nevertheless Wholeness Fragments Universal Truth Seeking Truth

Book:Experimental Medicine

Source: Experimental Medicine

“While much remains to be done to achieve full equality of economic opportunity-for the average woman worker earns only 60 percent of the average wage for men-this legislation is a significant step forward.”

Men Done Opportunity Steps Economic Achieve Equal Percent Remains Workers Average Significant Legislation Steps Forward Equal Pay

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963

“One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition from the communist economy to capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding.”

Might Film Change Economy Source Industry Capitalism Concern Significant Communist Transition Funding Film Industry Significant Change

Author:Andrzej Wajda

“There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had and used significant weapons of mass destruction on his own people, both the Kurds and the Iranians.”

People Mind Used Doubt Weapons Mass Destruction Significant No Doubt Saddam Hussein Weapons Of Mass Destruction Mass Destruction Kurds

Author:Curt Weldon

“If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will be used for some administered costs, but the public portion of that will go directly into grants.”

Ifs Thinking Used Money Amount Cost Raises Significant Grants Portions Donation

Author:Montel Williams

“In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one.”

Way Political Motivation Literature Strong Social Focus Changed Periods Tradition Significant Psychological Polish Significant Change

Author:Andrzej Wajda

“When you look at other countries that are developing the capabilities and the technology to deploy missiles of very significant destructive capability with nuclear, chemical, or biological warheads, then the MAD dogma makes even less sense.”

Looks Country Technology Mad Nuclear Significant Developing Destructive Chemicals Capability Dogma Other Countries Missiles

Author:Don Nickles

“While all of these are important and significant events, it is the United States foreign policy that furthers the advancement of freedoms and rights for women that is the most striking for me.”

Important States Women United United States Rights Events Policy Significant Foreign Policy Advancement Significant Events

Author:Ginny Brown-Waite

“Play permits the child to resolve in symbolic form unsolved problems of the past and to cope directly or symbolically with present concerns. It is also his most significant tool for preparing himself for the future and its tasks.”

Children Play Problem Past Form Concern Tools Tasks Significant Resolve Permit Preparing Symbolic Unsolved Problems

Author:Bruno Bettelheim

“The Apple Pie Hubbub was a significant novel for me, because that's when I first started using verbs.”

Firsts Novel Significant Apples Pie Verbs Apple Pie

Author:Steve Martin

“I do think that people have an obligation to give back but that doesn't necessarily mean that you give back just the traditional way. Maybe there's new ways to give back and make a contribution. I'm looking forward to some mix of philanthropy - maybe through a somewhat different prism - as well as helping entrepreneurs build some significant new businesses.”

People Thinking Way Giving Wells Mean Different Helping Entrepreneur Significant Obligation Traditional Contribution New Ways Philanthropy Looking Forward Giving Back New Business Prisms

Author:Steve Case

“There is only one ingredient for innovation and that is the power of the human mind. As long as a company is able to attract, enable, empower and retain the best of the brightest, it will have a play. As long as the leadership of companies ensure that the physically and mentally tired mind that leaves office at whatever 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm or 9:00 pm comes back mentally and physically reenergised and enthusiastic to add significant value to the customer next morning, the job is done.”

Mind Humans Long Done Play Able Jobs Values Next Company Morning Office Innovation Tired Add Customers Significant Empowering Ingredients Human Mind Enthusiastic Pms

Author:N. R. Narayana Murthy

“We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, and invests in conservative, safe, long-term investment portfolios - right now in US Treasury Bonds.”

Long Law Term Sea Right Now Safe Investment Conservative Significant Ties Long Term Fund Revenue Treasury Portfolios Petroleum Us Treasury Treasury Bond

Author:Jose Ramos-Horta

“I now know that I learn by solving problems as they arise. Rarely do we learn significant lessons, or significantly improve, any other way.”

Knows Way Problem Past Lessons Improvement Significant Arise Problem Solving

Author:Bob Parsons

“The output is far from smooth, and the impact on dispatchable plant required to deal with residual demand is highly significant. Our view is that plant operating under these conditions in the support role for wind will suffer: 1) reduced availability, 2) significantly reduced efficiency, and thus 3) higher emissions per MWh generated.”

Suffering Views Deals Roles Support Conditions Wind Higher Demand Impact Plant Significant Efficiency Smooth Emissions Output Availability Residual

Author:John Constable

“Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist organizations.”

“The two championship years were that significant for me.”

Years Two Sports Significant Two Years Championship

Author:Chuck Daly

“There are in fact four very significant stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy authority, longstanding custom, the feeling of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of our own ignorance while making a display of our apparent knowledge.”

“The scope of herbal medicine ranges from mild-acting plant medicines such as chamomile and peppermint, to very potent ones such as foxglove (from which the drug digitalis is derived). In between these two poles lies a wide spectrum of plant medicine with significant medical applications. One need only go to the United States Pharacopoeia to see the central role that plant medicine has played in American medicine.”

“When God brings all things to light, you will discover just how significant you've been in God's plan.”

God Light Christian Religious Plans All Things Significant God's Plan

Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects; for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action.”

Ifs Action Practice Objects Critical Significant Observation Objectivity Scientific Knowledge

Author:Karl Jaspers

“Only rarely do we see beyond the needs of humanity, and he linked this blindness to our Christian and humanist infrastructure. It arose 2,000 years ago and was then benign, and we were no significant threat to Gaia. Now that we are over six billion hungry and greedy individuals, all aspiring to a first-world lifestyle, our urban way of life encroaches upon the domain of the living Earth.”

Source: The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back and How We Can Still Save Humanity

“Coaching is something that takes place only when learning does. No matter what you are doing in your practices, if your players are not learning something significant, you're really not coaching. If a player fails in a game, the coach may have failed in practice.”

Ifs May Doe Matter Games Sports Practice Player Failing No Matter What Coaches Significant Coaching

Author:John Kessel

“It is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art.”

Way Art Real Self Science Certain Universe Consciousness Art Is Function Increase Mathematics Significant Charming Great Art Self Consciousness

Author:J. W. N. Sullivan

“Amos Vogel was a mentor, a guiding light for me. In his presence, you always rose. But his importance to me is of minor significance. What is significant is that with him an entire epoch ends. The Last Lion has left us.I am still not capable - or rather unwilling - to understand the fact that Amos passed away, because a man like him cannot be dead. His traces are everywhere.”

Men Stills Ends Facts Light Lasts Left Capable Importance Rose Significant Significance Lions Mentor Minors Unwilling Passed Away Epoch Guiding Light

Author:Werner Herzog

“The ability to see our lives as stories rather than unrelated, random events increases the possibility for significant and purposeful action.”

Stories Action Ability Our Lives Events Possibility Increase Significant Ability To See Random Events

Author:Daniel Taylor

“I'm sure a psychologist would see something highly significant in how absent-minded I am. I mean I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my neck by muscles, ligaments and my esophagus.”

Ifs Mean Forget Significant Muscles Necks Absent Psychologist Absent Minded

Author:Alexei Sayle

“The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.”

Facts Iraq Disaster Significant Indicators Exodus

Author:Bashar al-Assad

“Time is our most precious currency. So it's significant that we are being encouraged, wherever possible, to think of our attention not as expenditure but as consumption. This blurring of labor and entertainment forms the basis, for example, of the financial alchemy that conjures deca-billion-dollar valuations for social-networking companies.”

“Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment.”

Has Beens Bigs Issues Argument Disappointment Significant Accomplishment Presidency

Book:Kabuki Democracy: The System Vs. Barack Obama

Source: Kabuki Democracy: The System Vs. Barack Obama

“The great majority of Americans are suspended between these opposing attitudes. They are uneasy with injustice but unwilling yet to pay a significant price to eradicate it.”

Pay Attitude Majority Injustice Significant Unwilling Opposing Uneasy Suspended

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.”

Want Numbers Significant Fixed Software Users Bugs Significant Numbers

Author:Bill Gates

“No erotic work of art is filth if it is artistically significant; it is only turned into filth through the beholder if he is filthy.”

Ifs Art Art Is Significant Works Of Art Erotic Filthy Filth Beholder

Author:Egon Schiele

“A number of holistic and complementary medical doctors in the US, from general practitioners to psychiatrists, are using maca with a variety of patients. Both men and women report a significant boost in libido. And a number of men who have suffered from erectile dysfunction have improved, as a result of taking maca.”

Men Results Numbers Men And Women Doctors Patient Medical Significant Variety Reports Psychiatrist Boost Holistic Dysfunction Complementary Libido Medical Doctor

Book:Hot Plants: Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women

Source: Hot Plants: Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women

“I don't think it's possible for the Fed to end its easy-money policies in a trouble-free manner. Recent episodes in which Fed officials hinted at a shift toward higher interest rates have unleashed significant volatility in markets, so there is no reason to suspect that the actual process of boosting rates would be any different. I think that real pressure is going to occur not by the initiation by the Federal Reserve, but by the markets themselves.”

“Because there still exists a significant pay gap, women tend to earn less than men over the course of their lifetimes. Compounding the problem, women tend to spend less time in the workforce than men.”

Men Stills Problem Courses Pay Lifetime Significant Gaps Workforce Pay Gap

Author:Steve Israel

“More ubiquitous mobile technologies have led to a significant shift from desktops and laptops to the use of mobile tablets. Australian schools are increasingly using apps as they become available to support education.”

Use School Technology Support Available Significant Mobile Australian Laptops Apps Tablets Desktop Mobile Technology

Author:Susan Mann

“The pressures for human cloning are powerful; but, although it seems likely that somebody, at some time, will attempt it, we need not assume that it will ever become a common or significant feature of human life.”

Needs Humans Seems Powerful Common Pressure Assuming Significant Human Life Features Genetic Engineering Cloning Human Cloning

Book:The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control

Source: The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control

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