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• Here in England we live at a slower pace, have more time to enjoy things - like good jazz.

  Chris Barber

  England, Jazz, More Time

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• It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general. The farmer philosophizes in terms of crops, soils, markets, and implements, the mechanic generalizes his experiences of wood and iron, the seaman reaches similar conclusions by his own special road; and if the scholar keeps pace with these it must be by an equally virile productivity.

  Charles Horton Cooley

  Men, Iron, Views

  Charles Horton Cooley (1909). “Two Major Works: Social Organization. Human Nature and the Social Order”, Glencoe, Ill., Free P

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• It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology.

  John Sununu

  Technology, Years, Worry

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• It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I felt I could feel the rhythm of the film better without music to influence me.

  Paul Hirsch

  Watches, Influence, Film

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• I run to see who has the most guts.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Sports, Running, Track

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• Yeah, I think we have to. If we want our shows to be - if we want the quality of the shows to be good, and we want the energy to be high, and if we want to be in good enough physical shape to do them, and not exhaust ourselves on the road, and not get stale, we have to pace.

  Jerry Garcia

  Thinking, Quality, Energy

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• Firms need to ensure that their ability to provide effective customer service keeps pace with their growth. If you're marketing your firm to new customers, you better be able to provide them service when they do business with you.

  Arthur Levitt Jr

  Business, Educational, Organization

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• When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may.

  Joseph Lancaster

  Christian, Blessed, Men

  Joseph Lancaster, William Corston (2014). “Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community”, p.9, Cambridge University Press

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• Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

  Peter Pace

  Leadership, Facts

  "Afghan official: U.S. strike hits tribal delegates", www.cnn.com. December 22, 2001.

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• The aging and decreasing population is a serious problem in many developed countries today. In Japan's case, these demographic changes are taking place at a more rapid pace than any other country has ever experienced.

  Toshihiko Fukui

  Country, Japan, Serious

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• It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering.

  Thomas Perry

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. January 17, 2003.

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• The kind of pace that you want to use in a Western - just to acknowledge the land in the distance that everyone has to travel, and the way things develop sort of slowly - it's almost the antithetical of what's currently going on in the movies, you know.

  Lawrence Kasdan

  Travel, Distance, Land

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• It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

  Samuel Johnson

  Confidence, Genius, Talent

  Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.32

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• Don't ignore the past, but deal with it, on your own pace. Once you deal with it, you are free of it; and you are free to embrace your life and be a happy loving person because if you don't, the past will come back to haunt and keep coming back to haunt you.

  Boris Kodjoe

  Past, Loving Life, Embrace

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• I don't care if you are religious or not and I think the message is that at the end of the day, everybody has to mature and everybody has to heal and mend their own injuries, emotional injuries, on their own pace.

  Boris Kodjoe

  Religious, Emotional, Thinking

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• At a time when U.S. jobs are heading overseas at a record pace, and amidst increased sanctions on our manufacturers and producers from other countries, it's imperative that we do all we can to provide our businesses a climate to operate successfully.

  Blanche Lincoln

  Country, Jobs, Climate

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• Singles needed to come back. And what I tried to do in my online experiment was to change the rules for myself and make available at a more regular pace the fruits of my labour, for people who decided they wanted to support my recordings.

  Todd Rundgren

  People, Support, Fruit

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

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• When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it is a change of pace. I mean, we know how wonderful she is in romantic comedy.

  Albert Finney

  Romantic, Mean, Thinking

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• Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• I don't think life is about a pace, living slow or fast. I think you just live, y'know what I mean?

  Lil Wayne

  Mean, Thinking, Life Is

  The GQ Interview, www.gq.com. October 20, 2011.

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• From 8,000 miles away... I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.

  Peter Pace

  Judging, Soldier, Friendly

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• An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.

  Kim Campbell

  Children, Numbers, Needs

  Address at Progressive Conservative Brunch in Montreal, Quebec, www.canadahistory.com. August 22, 1993.

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• I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of the real nature of the faith they profess. Faith is a subject of such importance that we should not ignore it because of the distractions or the hectic pace of our lives.

  William Wilberforce

  Christian, Real, Understanding

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• As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Discovery, Opinion, Constitution

  Thomas Jefferson (1998). “Thomas Jefferson: His Words and Vision”, p.18, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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