#accord

According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules. ↗

— Jeff Miller

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People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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We Indians are Latin America's moral reserve. We act according to a universal law that consists of three basic principles: do not steal, do not lie and do not be idle. ↗

— Evo Morales

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Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

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Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents. ↗

— William Hague

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We have to pay close attention to what we see, and be ready to work with the unexpected according to the basic principles of systems biology and medicine. ↗

— Mark E. Hyman

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When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly received according to the nature of my soul. ↗

— Shmuel Y. Agnon

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I paint according to the moment and the theme. I don't have any prejudice. Life concerns me. ↗

— Ralph Allen

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The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according to the present dispensation and ordering of things. ↗

— William Ames

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Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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