#measure

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them? ↗

— Penelope Wilton

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The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. ↗

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

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In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question. ↗

— William Godwin

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Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter. ↗

— Nadine Gordimer

#change #how #measure #much #passing

When you take a drug to treat high blood pressure or diabetes, you have an objective test to measure blood pressure and the amount of sugar in the blood. It is straight-forward. With autism, you are looking for changes in behavior. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#autism #behavior #blood #blood pressure #changes

Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in both wages and in careers that were dominated by men. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

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We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

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I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama. ↗

— Al Green

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How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization. ↗

— Chen Guangcheng

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