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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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In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
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A man can preach no better than he prays.
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Britain is relatively compact and much closer to the borders of the U.S.S.R. than anywhere in North America.
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The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
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A guaranteed basic income has the potential for making civic organizations, families and neighborhoods much more vital, helpful and responsive than they have been in decades.
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The normalization of Trump is one indicator that there may be less to the populist insurrection than imagined.
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The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
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National polls showed that when England and France declared war on Germany, in 1939, less than 10 percent of our population favored a similar course for America.
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We are servants rather than masters in mathematics.
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No government body is more notorious for over-legislation than the Department of Trade and Industry.
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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.
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