#equivalent

Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

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How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion? ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

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My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

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When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent of a fastball pitcher - trying to use blazing speed and brute force to wow the people around me. ↗

— Eric Liu

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Supply yourself with a mental equivalent, and the thing must come to you. ↗

— Emmet Fox

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I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate. ↗

— Elsa Maxwell

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What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'. ↗

— Joan Miro

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Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle. ↗

— Gilbert Murray

#aristotle #being #closely #english #equivalent

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant. ↗

— Russell Banks

#accountant #almost #anyone #average #chooses

I can do the equivalent of 150 miles per hour and not get stopped. I could quite happily pursue people down the motorway in my helicopter. ↗

— Jay Kay

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