- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Constitute Quotes
Lines on population, identity, and shared purpose.
This constitute quotes collection looks at what makes up a whole, whether that's a nation's population, a wartime industrial effort, or the shifting idea of who counts as part of a group. Several lines touch on demographics and shared identity across different countries. See History quotes for more context-driven lines.
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- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy.
- Atomic Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
In America, it was decided to attempt the production of atomic bombs with an effort that would constitute a large part of the collective American war effort. In Germany, an effort one thousandth the scale of the American was applied to the problem of producing atomic energy that would drive engines.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Out of the 1.2 billion people in India, one-third of them are between the age of 1-14 and by 2030, India will have a dynamic and youthful workforce of about 700 million with an average age of 35. This is expected to constitute a substantial proportion of world's workforce.
- Idea
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are multiple levels of 'we' and multiple groups that can constitute this idea of who we are. We need to be aware of who we are including and excluding.
- Egg
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- Nov 07, 2020
For each chromosome contributed by the sperm there is a corresponding chromosome contributed by the egg, there are two chromosomes of each kind, which together constitute a pair.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Real men study law and engineering, while ideas and values are for sissies. The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.
- Better Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Iran seeks to meddle in domestic Indian politics by creating disaffection among the Shias of Uttar Pradesh, what better way to counter that by reminding all concerned that while the Shias maybe an important vote bank in U.P., they constitute only 10 per cent of Indian Muslims, while the Sunnis account for an overwhelming 90 per cent.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is a game like 'No Man's Sky,' really? A set of symbols that specify a world but do not themselves constitute it. A rich grammar that's inert without the trigger of human attention.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the Constitution - nor by the courts - nor by the officers of the law - nor by the lawyers - but by the men and women who constitute our society - who are the protectors of the law as they are themselves protected by the law.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Booming cities, and the provinces and states in which they are located, are driving forces in economic growth today. Consequently, they constitute the new frontier in America's international economic policy.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dissent is difficult. It can constitute a real dilemma for the person who disagrees.
- Attentions
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- Nov 07, 2020
The anorexic body is held in the grip of will alone; its meaning is far from stable. What it says - 'Notice me, feed me, mother me' - is not what it means, for such attentions constitute an agonising test of that will, and also threaten to return the body to the dreaded 'normality' it has been such ecstasy to escape.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020