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Than Quotes
Weighing one thing against another.
This collection of than quotes compares easy pitches to hard ones, international fan bases to domestic ones, and one acting challenge to another. The common thread is honest comparison rather than absolute claims. Related reflections continue in our Better quotes.
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I'd been at Everton for more than 11 years. We'd qualified for the Champions League, got to an FA Cup final. I'd been voted manager of the season three times.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In deciding among theological views, one should be something of a consequentialist: the choice of one theological position over another should be, if not actually determined, at least heavily conditioned by the fact that it implies a better ethical outcome than the alternatives.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.
- George W. Bush
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was not at all beholden to the pope, George W. Bush was smarter than portrayed and Barack Obama has not led a charge from the left - least of all on behalf of the civil liberties that have eroded since September 11, 2001.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Libyan program recently discovered was far more extensive than was assessed prior to that.
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It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.
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Money flows into the US, and inflates US assets, and allows the US to have a monstrous trade deficit. That means we are consuming more than we are producing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have more endangered species here in our islands than any other state in the country.
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