#equivalent

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion? ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

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My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

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When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent of a fastball pitcher - trying to use blazing speed and brute force to wow the people around me. ↗

— Eric Liu

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There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan. ↗

— Ziyi Zhang

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For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant. ↗

— Russell Banks

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For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object. ↗

— Warren Farrell

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They are the literary equivalent of sequins on an evening dress. ↗

— Stefan Kanfer

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Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary bypass. ↗

— Mary Kay Blakely

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One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral qualities of workers, farmers and craftsmen. ↗

— Antoine Lavoisier

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I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it. ↗

— Georgia O'Keeffe

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