#portion

Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else, this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

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Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#everybody #exploit #incidents #now #out

I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action. ↗

— Helen Suzman

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My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#direct #direct proportion #expectations #grows #happiness

Of course, the genesis of a good portion of the gridlock in Congress does not reside in Congress itself. Ultimate reform will require each of us, as voters and Americans, to take a long look in the mirror, because in many ways, our representatives in Washington reflect the people who have sent them there. ↗

— Evan Bayh

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Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome. ↗

— Robert Casey

#am #because #certain #democratic #disproportionate

I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because it's more fun for people to read about. It's even more fun to read about if the stories get wilder and wilder. ↗

— Sarah Chalke

#because #blown #even #everything #fun

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too. ↗

— James Dean

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