#extent

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do. ↗

— Sarah Caldwell

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We used to speak familiarly of an agent, now do more, who was accustomed to manufacture evidence, and to invent facts in his cases, or at least to alter the aspects of facts to such an extent that they might fairly be viewed as new. ↗

— George Combe

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Aerobic dancing is already adjusting to injury problems and will probably phase out to some extent. ↗

— Kenneth H. Cooper

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There are times when I'm watching an NFL quarterback struggling to get through the game, and I get bitter to some extent. ↗

— Jeff Garcia

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For in 1900 all electromagnetic radiation of longer wavelengths was already known at least to the extent that one could not seek in it the more striking characteristics of X-rays such as, for example, the strong penetrating power. ↗

— Max von Laue

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There is no doubt that we should take solar radiation into account. We have seen ground temperatures rising since 1975, and it is important to know to what extent that has been caused by the sun or by carbon dioxide. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

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The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

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As an actor, you want to keep your demons to some extent, but you also have to exorcise them so you can use them instead of them using you. ↗

— Skeet Ulrich

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I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. ↗

— John Updike

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Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

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