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" A bank needs models to measure risk. The problem, however, is that any one bank can measure its risk, but it also has to know what the risk taken by other banks in the system happens to be at any particular moment. "

" Absolute space, in its own nature, without regard to anything external, remains always similar and immovable. Relative space is some movable dimension or measure of the absolute spaces, which our senses determine by its position to bodies, and which is vulgarly taken for immovable space. "

" According to the kinetic theory of gases, the mean kinetic energy of a molecule is a measure of absolute temperature. "

" A combine is a series of athletic tasks that help a coaching staff measure an athlete's ability to be competitive in a sport. A bobsled combine requires a sprint, broad jump, two-handed shot toss, and a back squat and power clean. "

" A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement. "

" Action is the real measure of intelligence. "

" A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one. "

Laurence Sterne

" A factory-installed security measure - one that phone owners would have to opt out of, rather than opting in - could automatically render purloined devices inoperable on any network, anywhere in the world. No resale value, no thefts. "

Eric Schneiderman

" All four elements were happening in equal measure - the cuisine, the wine, the service, and the overall ambience. It taught me that dining could happen at a spiritual level. "

Charlie Trotter

" All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect. "

Walter Annenberg

" Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery. "

" A man's measure is his will. "

Ali ibn Abi Talib

" Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word. "

Patrick J. Kennedy

" And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by. "

Richard Attenborough

" And the program was developed in large part by behavioral scientists who were working with the military, who do everything they possibly can to measure a soldier's stress levels to see how they're doing physically and emotionally, as they go through this program. "

" An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled by people who, by principle, have no local commitment. "

" Aristotle said time is a measure of change, and this movie is about changing in time, through time, while remaining the same person. That's a philosophical paradox and a moral dilemma. But 'Casablanca' says it's possible. You can have both. That's what it means. And that's my wish for you: that you would have both. "

" As a general rule, I do not think it appropriate for judges to heap either praise or censure upon a legislative measure that comes before them, lest it be thought that their validation, invalidation, or interpretation of it is driven by their desire to expand or constrict what they personally approve or disapprove as a matter of policy. "

" As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive. "

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

" As a society, we come up lacking in many of the marks of compassion and wisdom by which we measure ourselves as civilized. "

" As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead. "

" As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it. "

" As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends. "

" At a time when the insurgents are saying that time is working against them, my Democratic colleagues are introducing a measure to set a timetable for withdrawal in Iraq that will undercut the momentum that the insurgents themselves say we have built in Iraq. "

" At Natura, we have long been committed to measure and improve the impacts of our activities. "

" A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. "

Cullen Hightower

" At some level, every relationship is assaulted by an aroma of judgment - this sense that we will never measure up to the expectations and demands of another. "

Tullian Tchividjian

" Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins. "

" At the start of first terms, presidents invariably have a measure of goodwill. "

" Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way. "

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