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I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. -- Charles Darwin
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. -- Joshua L. Liebman
We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles -- Jim Rohn
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. -- Nikola Tesla
The amount you give isn't important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life. -- Jim Rohn
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live. -- Anne Sweeney
A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. -- Lysander Spooner
Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results. -- Seth Godin
I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term? -- Nicholas Sparks
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? -- Albert Einstein
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. -- Albert Einstein
I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking. -- Brian Wilson
It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until it is confronted massively, dramatically in terms of direct action. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I think a lot of people don't understand that when I sit out it's not because of this year. I'm thinking about long term. I'm thinking about after I'm done with basketball. -- Derrick Rose
The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms. -- Neal Boortz
We live in a world where everything is connected. We can not longer think in terms of us and them when it comes to the consequences of the way we live. Today it's all about WE. -- Gregg Braden
I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and aging .... We are ALL going to age and soften and mellow and transition. -- Jamie Lee Curtis
Forgiveness is God's invention for coming to terms with a world in which people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply. He began by forgiving us. And He invites us all to forgive each other. -- Lewis B. Smedes
I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything. -- Dan Millman
Chaos is what we've lost touch with. This is why it is given a bad name. It is feared by the dominant archetype of our world, which is Ego, which clenches because its existence is defined in terms of control. -- Terence McKenna
As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I was one of the leaders, because why? As a lobbyist, once you buy a congressional office, you don't have to re-buy that office in six years, right? -- Jack Abramoff
Thinking in mythological terms helps to put you in accord with the inevitables of this vale of tears. You learn to recognize the positive values in what appear to be the negative moments and aspects of your life. The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. -- Joseph Campbell
In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or a "non-alchemist." We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens have traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs. -- Sam Harris
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Term insurance is temporary, but your problem is permanent. -- Ben Feldman
Term limits would make Congress bolder, more independent, and less risk-averse. -- George Will
Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases. -- Harry S. Truman
Term limits mean that you don't trust the voters. 'Stop me before I vote again.' -- Garry Wills
Term, holidays, term, holidays, till we leave school, and then work, work, work till we die. -- C. S. Lewis
It Is in the Agricultural Sector That the Battle for Long- Term Economic Development Will Be Won or Lost. -- Gunnar Myrdal
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. -- Lord Acton
Sustainable fishing is a fraud. It's a marketing term that really means 'business as usual.' -- Paul Watson
When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else. -- Gwendolyn Brooks
Integrate purpose into your for-profit business model through a long term commitment to a cause that is aligned with your core values and those of your community. -- Simon Mainwaring
Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor. -- Thomas Jefferson
I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality. -- Srikumar Rao
What public health really is is a trust. That's why I used the term 'Betrayal of Trust' as the title of my book. It's a trust between the government and the people. -- Laurie Garrett
Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't have the kind of long term positive impact that it should. -- Howard Gardner
The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn't really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that. -- Marco Rubio
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In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars. -- Richard M. Nixon
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. -- Dalai Lama
While I don't often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual. I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have 'chosen' is to be in a gay relationship. -- Cynthia Nixon
What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. -- Richard M. Nixon
It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a scam. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an illusion of rapid global warming. -- John Coleman
Marriage equality is a term so ridiculous on its face that when you hear it mentioned, you would think you were in Riyadh. Years from now, perhaps we can lose the equality part, the same-sex part and call it what it is - marriage. -- Henry Rollins
For short term relaxation, I take a hot tub. It's my best way to unblock writers' block, too. For a bit longer relaxation, I enjoy camping. Just being in the wilderness, with no phones or computers or anything I have to do really refreshes my spirit. -- Ellen Hopkins
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' -- Edgar Allan Poe
The term 'alpha female' originated in my field of animal behavior, but has acquired new meaning. It refers to women who are in charge, for example, by flirting and dating on their own terms. It is also used maliciously for a loud-mouthed, controlling woman who has no patience with deviating opinions. -- Frans de Waal
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All identity labels are umbrella terms to some degree, but this term 'bisexual' is not only serviceable, but it is sufficient. And yes, it brings together a bunch of people who are maybe shades different from one another. And maybe that's the beauty of labels: that they force you to be with other people and see the difference. -- Charles M. Blow
I never say 'nagging.' I think that 'nagging' is a term that men created to get women to pipe down some. But, it's a trap that we've created. We created several terms for women to back you down. Nagging means to stop asking me questions, then we get away with more. I think it's a term men created. -- Steve Harvey
People who supported Obama felt like they formed a relationship, that they were being spoken to. The way that campaign worked and the way he's worked during his first term is to make people feel like he's grasping their hand, whether it's by tweeting or email, moments after an event, sometimes during an event. It makes people relate to him. -- James Spader
Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer. -- Jeff Bridges
Short-term can be terminal. -- Mark McCormack
I've got a long-term plan. -- Colin Hay
Broke is a Hollywood term! -- David Geffen
Rekindled love is generally short-term. -- Nicholas Sparks
Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity. -- Bruce Lee
Long-term vision and product strategy. -- Bill Gates
I'm a terrible long-term planner. -- Condoleezza Rice
Long-term success depends upon trust. -- Ted Malloch
Rock bottom; that's a fishing term. -- Charlie Sheen
The term 'working mother' is redundant. -- Erma Bombeck
'Impossible' is not a scientific term. -- Vanna Bonta
It's all about long-term, sustaining relationships, -- Alan Kay
I don't like the term 'voice-over. -- Lucille Bliss
Always invest for the long term. -- Warren Buffett
Short term memory is not good. -- Jim McMahon
I never had a long-term plan. -- Bryan Adams
Free will is an empty term. -- John Calvin
I hate the term 'rom-com.' -- Sandra Bullock
Goals help you overcome short-term problems. -- Hannah More
George Washington had a tough second term. -- William Safire
We all have restlessness in long-term relationships. -- Helen Fisher
The term itself--my life--is a desperate overstatement. -- Don DeLillo
Long-term boredom can't lead to anything good. -- Nicholas Hoult
I'm probably not long-term-relationship material for now. -- Anthony Kiedis
There's nothing as short as short-term debt. -- Evan Esar
Life is too short for long-term grudges. -- Elon Musk
The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl. -- Janeane Garofalo
I accept the term extremist with pride. -- Ashin Wirathu
I don't like the term 'dynasty.' -- Stewart Udall
Building and repairing relationships are long-term investments. -- Stephen Covey
The American people deserve long-term, forward-thinking policies. -- Dean Heller
I don't like the term 'voice-over.' -- Lucille Bliss
I don't like the term mid-life crisis. -- Pamela Stephenson
There are no long-term lessons - ever. -- Seth Klarman
We don't mature momentarily, but over the long-term. -- John C. Maxwell
Does the business have favourable long term prospects? -- Warren Buffett
Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood. -- Jeff Bezos
Panic is not an effective long-term organizing strategy. -- Starhawk
Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult. -- Tim Kaine
Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes. -- Peter R. Orszag
We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor. -- Al-Waleed bin Talal
Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic. -- Peter Senge
The secret to happiness is short-term, stupid self-interest! -- Bill Watterson
I've always been the long-term relationship, go-home-and-meet-mom girl. -- Sophia Bush
Coincidence is just the conformist term for fate. -- J.A. Redmerski
I have a long-term interest in the humanities. -- Jim Leach
The secret to desire in a long-term relationship -- Esther Perel
The only term I won't accept is "genius." -- Jimmy Page
There's no medical term for what I've got. -- Charles Barkley
Nine in the box... that's a football term. -- Ricky Williams
You can't write a term paper before breakfast. -- Charles M. Schulz
I think Barack Obama is a one-term President. -- Dick Cheney
Another term for balloon is bad breath holder. -- Demetri Martin
Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution. -- Reid Hoffman
Compromise is just a fancy term for losing. -- Megan Smith
I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now. -- Thomas Mann
What you have in legacy countries is long-term insolvency. -- Paul Singer
Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government. -- Anthony Albanese
No mandatory prison term for employers who hire illegals. -- Mitt Romney
It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term. -- George W. Bush
There is extraordinary chemistry that exists in long-term relationships -- Jay Conrad Levinson
Love: A term which has no meaning if defined. -- John Ralston Saul
There's no term to the work of a scientist. -- Walter Reisch
We can achieve much greater representation through term-limited members. -- Tom Coburn
Promotions are a short-term solution with dreadful long-term effects. -- Mike Jeffries

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