#compared

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace. ↗

— John Tyler

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Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types. ↗

— Georg Brandes

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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

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Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war. ↗

— John Bright

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I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to. ↗

— Mariah Carey

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The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

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We're in a world where there's famine and hunger and people are dodging bullets and having their nails pulled out in dungeons so it's very hard for me to place any high value on the work that I do to write a song. Yeah, I work hard but compared to what? ↗

— Leonard Cohen

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I tend to stay out of the public eye a little, compared to some of my peers. ↗

— Elisha Cuthbert

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Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

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