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These precise quotes question whether exact definitions truly exist, noting that even historical analogies lack the kind of Accuracy we might expect.

Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026

Quite
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Nov 07, 2020

If we are going to have self-driving cars, the technical specifications should be quite precise.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Nov 07, 2020

I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition.

Quotes by Tom Stoppard

Historical
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Nov 07, 2020

No historical analogies are exactly precise.

Quotes by Rick Perlstein

Poetry
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Nov 07, 2020

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

Quotes by Gustave Flaubert

History
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Nov 07, 2020

History provides no precise guidelines.

Quotes by Douglas Hurd

Career
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Nov 07, 2020

I've made a career of being precise.

Quotes by Arlen Specter

Nov 07, 2020

I'm very analytical, I'm very precise.

Quotes by Al Yankovic

Others compare poetry's precision to geometry, or observe that history offers no precise guidelines, ideas closely tied to Clarity in thought and language.

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