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• If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.

  Talcott Parsons

  Facts, Needs, Alternatives

  Talcott Parsons (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”

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• None of us whether Men or Women but have so good an Opinion of our own Conduct as to believe we are fit, if not to direct others, at least to govern our selves.

  Mary Astell

  Believe, Men, Self

  Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.54, Cambridge University Press

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• The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.

  Kingman Brewster, Jr.

  Reading, Program, Newspapers

  "The enduring American press: texts of talks given by a panel of distinguished journalists and scholars at a symposium marking the 200th anniversary of the Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut". Book by The Hartford Courant, 1964.

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• I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!

  Harold H. Greene

  Law, Skills, Justice

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• Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.

  Hans Hofmann

  Color, Together, Wheels

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• If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

  Horace

  Men, Shoes, Stories

  "Epistles". Book by Horace, c. 20 BC and 14 BC.

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• Canada and space are a natural fit.

  Marc Garneau

  Europe, Space, Canada

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• I tried to fit it in with some previous broad conceptual understanding of some part of mathematics that would clarify the particular problem I was thinking about.

  Andrew Wiles

  Thinking, Understanding, Problem

  "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.

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• Neal had a couple of good ideas and they fit nicely, so that's the way I decided to go.

  Raymond E. Feist

  Couple, Ideas, Way

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• America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.

  Bashar al-Assad

  America, Regions, Arranging

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• A free people, free to believe as we wish, free to speak our minds, free to raise our children as we see fit, will, make no mistake about it, endure.

  Nick Rahall

  Children, Mistake, Believe

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• But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and dangerous to fit into old concepts.

  Henry L. Stimson

  Men, Thinking, Bombs

  Henry L. Stimson (2016). “On Active Services In Peace And War”, p.416, Read Books Ltd

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• I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible.

  Les Baxter

  Song, Way, Aim

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• Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most complicated thing we all face.

  Bill Condon

  Together, Adults, Pieces

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• I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.

  Rachel Griffiths

  Features

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.

  Geri Halliwell

  Growing Up, Trying, Growing

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• I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.

  Tony Hillerman

  Mind, Trying, Stories

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• Never fit a dress to the body but train the body to fit the dress.

  Elsa Schiaparelli

  Dresses, Body, Train

  Elsa Schiaparelli (1954). “Shocking Life”

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• To be physically fit is just a small aspect. You can be a beautiful physical specimen, but you're empty as far as what it takes to be a person, and that shows up real fast

  Lee Haney

  Beautiful, Real, Empty

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• He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Anger, Passion, Suffering

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother.

  Prince Andrew

  Mother, Staff, Monarchs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I keep fit by running after my three boys all day.

  Victoria Beckham

  Running, Boys, Three

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• A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

  Josh Billings

  Happiness, Way, Holes

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• I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at anytime. And coming from a racially mixed background, I always felt like I didn't really fit in anywhere.

  Mariah Carey

  Backgrounds, Felt

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• I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Growing Up, Freak, Felt

  Interview with Gus Van Sant, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 3, 2010.

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