#measure

Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures. ↗

— David Suzuki

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I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know the term for change of rhythm without change of measure. ↗

— Allen Tate

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Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy. ↗

— Dorothy Thompson

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We shouldn't any of us be afraid of teaching protective measures to save lives. ↗

— Kyan Douglas

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As a scientist, my attention became totally focused on global warming some 15 years ago by the elegant and powerful measurements of carbon dioxide trapped in ice cores taken as much as 2 miles deep from the great East Antarctica ice sheet. ↗

— John Olver

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Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work. ↗

— Anna Pavlova

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But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules. ↗

— Richard Perle

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You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. ↗

— Alan Perlis

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I measure in my palm and use my eyes to estimate amounts; a tablespoon is a full palm of dried spices. ↗

— Rachael Ray

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What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

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