#statement

A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative sequence of events in tribal history made by the natives themselves. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to assign the time limits to a movement of population. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#assign #comparison #cultural #dates #different

Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

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The fact is that one of the earliest lessons I learned in business was that balance sheets and income statements are fiction, cash flow is reality. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#balance sheets #business #cash #earliest #fact

These days, all we hear about is that the industry is in trouble. Everybody is so scared, but our mission statement is having no fear. ↗

— Frank Iero

#days #everybody #fear #having #hear

I feel that if my only audience is the Christian audience, then I've failed in my mission ↗

— Eric Wilson

#mission-statement #inspirational

For one man to gain another must lose ↗

— Samuel McMahon

#religious #statement #inspirational

You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today. ↗

— Aaron Copland

#alive #basic #because #being #compose

I wanted something that had the feel of a complete band and a variety of instrument. Apart from doing the album for musical satisfaction, I felt it was an important statement for other women - showing you don't have to rely on other people to do things for you. ↗

— Danielle Dax

#apart #band #complete #doing #feel

I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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