#term

The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance... has helped to determine your path through life. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#get #happenstance #helped #how #life

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves. ↗

— John Avlon

#back #both #debate #define #extremes

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#capable #difference #distinction #explanation #limit

Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it. ↗

— Paul Begala

#defining #dictates #generally #gonna #terms

I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#china #convinced #i #i am #long

The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#culture #europe #european #european union #geography

The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#been #landlords #long #terms #tolerated

Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sure that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified. ↗

— Thad Cochran

#congress #going #here #his #i

The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me. ↗

— Bruce Cockburn

#kind #learning #me #period #really

Maybe our telling of the story wasn't as clear as it should have been, but I don't think that's true. In terms of understanding the story, it comes across. ↗

— Joel Coen

#been #clear #comes #i #maybe