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Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism. -- Charles Krauthammer
Why are online games so addictive? It's mostly the narcotic appeal of 'leveling.' -- Clive Thompson
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance. -- Hannah Arendt
Over the last few years, the world has become a smaller and more integrated place with technology that is leveling the playing field like never before. -- Ron Kind
Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up. -- Harvey Cushing
Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary. -- Ed Royce
If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. -- Daniel Keys Moran
We know it is impossible to go on finding, moving and wasting oil, leveling forests, paving land, dumping poisons, and multiplying our numbers. A new way of life, a new set of thoughts must be found. -- Donella Meadows
Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream. -- Michael K. Powell
During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effect, and all groups really experienced hard times: poor whites, poor blacks. -- William Julius Wilson
We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or erect shopping malls and condos; planting groves of a few familiar trees that homeowners and industries prefer. -- Diane Ackerman
I always seem to find myself fighting the law of equilibrium - the great leveling force that brings things to the mean and takes the 'cartoonishness' out of life. Perhaps I am doing a very unnatural thing... If Einstein were still alive I would ask him about it. -- Jane Siberry
The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going outside. If you log off for a few days, your character will be more 'rested' when you resume playing, a mode that temporarily speeds up your leveling. -- Clive Thompson
I can see my work as a job. I do it for money. I likely already look forward to the weekend on Thursdays. And I probably will need a hobby as a leveling mechanism. In a career, I'm definitely more engaged. But at the same time, there will be periods when I think, 'Is all that really hard work really worth my while?' -- Stefan Sagmeister
We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means. -- Aristotle
Fiscal discipline begins by leveling with people, by being honest, by paying for all of your proposals. -- Jason Furman
Did Romeo and Juliet have a ... "relationship"? The term "relationship" ... betokens a chaste egalitarianism leveling different ranks and degrees of attachment. -- Allan Bloom
The reformers' preferred metaphor is "leveling the playing field." They should listen to the logic of their language: fields are leveled by bulldozers. -- George Will
There's no better way to unplug than having children. Changing diapers is one of the most leveling things that has ever happened to me. -- Andrew Lincoln
For some the most terrible aspect of it was the deportations, while for others it was the leveling bombings or the mass deaths by starvation and cold. -- Jean-Marie Le Pen
(Nykyrian spun about at the sound, his blaster leveling at the body in the doorway.) Whoa. Friend! (He tapped his chest twice.) Really good guy. "?Member me? (Syn) -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up. -- Harvey Cushing
Come let us mock at the great That had such burdens on the mind And toiled so hard and late To leave some monument behind, Nor thought of the leveling wind. -- William Butler Yeats
Poor-country surf communities can be complex and, to some extent, leveling. The fisherman's kid is competing head to head with the plutocrat's gilded son. Your father can't buy you a good frontside hack. -- William Finnegan
In this day when God is often referred to as 'It' or 'She' or 'Goddess' for the sake of leveling, I must say I can't recall Satan ever being referred to as 'She.' -- Jeffrey Jones
They shouldn't call death passing on. They should call it leveling up. Because the game only got harder once I lost. And I was more than a little worried it had only just begun. -- Kami Garcia
The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown. These ideas are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government unconstitutional. -- Samuel Adams

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