#considerations

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

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What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure aesthetic considerations. Art never can be imitation. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

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In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

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Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

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Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations. ↗

— Mario Monti

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Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

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In the mind of Bill Clinton, political considerations outweigh even life-and-death matters of great concern to his own law-enforcement officials, not to mention the nation. ↗

— Barbara Olson

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Now, of course, cold fusion is the daddy of them all in a way, in terms of value, so I think that viewed in a social way, from the point of social considerations and economics, it will tell you that this thing will stay around. ↗

— Martin Fleischmann

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I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

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