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The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms. ↗

— John M. Ford

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There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

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A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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From the very beginning, when you go into Scientology your world narrows down very quickly. ↗

— Lawrence Wright

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I said peace is sometimes narrowly interpreted; it's the absence of conflict between nations or something. But peace is more inherent, more basic to human life, human beings, what we feel about each other, what we feel about life around us and what we see in our future. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

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It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter. ↗

— Nadine Gordimer

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Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played. ↗

— Taylor Hanson

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If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

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