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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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The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. ↗

— William James

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O'Neill presents a very complex multi-layered kind of challenge. His characters are always deeply complex and, to a great extent, inaccessible. ↗

— Gabriel Byrne

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We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. ↗

— John Updike

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Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there be that many souls in the world. ↗

— Charles Ives

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The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for. ↗

— Steven Squyres

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The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

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