#extent

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other fashion. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

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My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it. ↗

— Denzel Washington

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To the extent that people overpay as a result of the Libor manipulation, they should be able to get their money back. Individuals who have mortgages, pension funds who had pensioner investments - whoever was ripped off is entitled to get their money back. ↗

— Peter Welch

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I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

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Aaron is a very passionate, maniacal writer so the scripts really come from him, but he is very open to... y'know, we'll plan ideas and we'll certainly tussle about stuff when the script comes out. So, to a certain extent, he's very interested. If there's some problem or something that doesn't ring true, he wants to know why and he wants to correct it or fight for it. ↗

— Bradley Whitford

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All politicians are to some extent salesmen. ↗

— George Will

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To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

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