- Extending
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ale Quotes
A small, varied set of reflections.
This is a modest, loosely connected collection, grounded mainly in a historical comparison of the scale of wartime scientific effort between two countries. Other entries touch briefly on film ratings and the kinds of scripts actors look for. Related quotes appear in our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Belief
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- Nov 07, 2020
I repeatedly have to correct this belief. In a sense, magnitude involves steps of 10 because every increase of one magnitude represents a tenfold amplification of the ground motion. But there is no 'scale of 10' in the sense of an upper limit.
- Closer
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- Nov 07, 2020
What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like solo sailors venturing into the Southern Ocean, climbers are seduced by risk. The desire to push to a summit or scale a rock face is so strong that they consciously or subconsciously minimize safety precautions drilled into their brains.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easy to forget, given her scandal-tinged life and tragic death, how incredibly talented Whitney Houston was. She holds the world record as the most-awarded female act of all time, with over 415 major recognitions during her career. She is the only artist to chart seven consecutive number one songs.
- Trade
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, large-scale global trade has served two functions: 1) the exchange of goods between willing sellers and buyers described in Econ 101 textbooks; 2) as a tool of state aggrandizement, in which the private parties are stand-ins for governmental interests.
- Gonna
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started rapping, I was like, 'I'm gonna be, like, the female Eminem.'
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say Tupac influenced me the most to start rapping, but as far as a female icon that I've looked up to since I was six or seven is definitely Gwen Stefani.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife always hates when I go, 'I just don't love female action movies.' I don't know why. I'll watch them, but I don't run to go and see them.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The restructuring theme can be of various kinds. Some amount of debt gets serviced out of cash flows, some gets back-ended and resolved with sale of non-core assets of the company, and some debt gets converted into equity which might today look like a haircut.
- Innovation
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- Nov 07, 2020
In India, we have the opportunity to give innovation the kind of scale that no other country in the world can. Innovation is a necessity.
- Innovation
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- Nov 07, 2020
In India, we have the opportunity to give innovation the kind of scale that no other country in the world can.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's rare in the NBA, but I have a lot of young female fans from eight to eighteen because of the way I dress and the way I do my hair. People sometimes call me a pretty boy, but I embrace it. It's fun, and I guess it just kind of comes with being a good looking white guy in the league.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there were an exact and universal scale of punishments and crimes, we would have a fairly reliable and shared instrument to measure the degree of tyranny and liberty, of the basic humanity or malice of the different nations.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fashion brands looking for explosive growth go the wholesale route, to get their products into stores, but then they end up relying on those sales.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020