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I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.
Jim Harrison

Human, Fact, Existence

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.
John Major

Politics, Government, Vote

I've always been drawn to the four-leaf clover. It's deeply significant to my sister and me, so much so that we both have had it tattooed on the inside of our wrists.
Natalie Imbruglia

Both, Sister, Inside

There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Play, Become, Role

No one should expect the value of their house to appreciate quickly - counting on your home to be a significant part of your retirement saving isn't a winning strategy - but it is reasonable to expect that prices generally will rise with at least the rate of inflation for some time to come.
Mark Zandi

Time, Home, Winning

Indeed, the FHA was born out of the Great Depression, which was also caused in significant part by a foreclosure crisis. Mortgages in the early 1930s were mostly three- to five-year 'bullet' loans, which did not amortize and were due in full at maturity.
Mark Zandi

Great, Crisis, Depression

Distressed properties are often vacant and in disrepair, and thus sold at significant discounts. As the share of distressed sales grows, home prices fall.
Mark Zandi

Home, Often, Fall

Every significant event that takes place in our lives is set to some kind of music.
Peabo Bryson

Music, Place, Lives

I'm sure a psychologist would see something highly significant in how absent-minded I am. I mean I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my neck by muscles, ligaments and my esophagus.
Alexei Sayle

Forget, Mean, Sure

After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it's worse than ever.
Quincy Jones

Change, Music, Home

When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.
Paul Klee

Work, Art, Remember

All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written.
Peter Warlock

Music, Good, Today

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics or philosophy. It is the direct measure of man's spiritual vision.
Herbert Read

Art, Spiritual, Philosophy

As we explore ways to bring price relief and bolster our country's energy independence, one significant energy source has emerged as a potential solution, hydrogen fuel cells.
Dan Lipinski

Country, Energy, Bring

In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.
Tadao Ando

History, Rome, Italy

The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.
Tim Berners-Lee

Life, Love, Medical

I have not really experienced any significant conflict with anyone in regard to my choice to be vegan, although going out to eat is hard sometimes.
Daniel Johns

Hard, Sometimes, Choice

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full and significant.
Jodie Foster

Life, Young, Kids

It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.
Zachary Quinto

Life, Work, Equality

Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.
Frances O'Grady

Work, Strong, Decision

The amount of currency in circulation is not changing. The money supply is not changing in any significant way.
Ben Bernanke

Money, Changing, Currency

The Lean Startup has evolved into a movement that is having a significant impact on how companies are built, funded and scaled.
Eric Ries

Movement, Impact, Built

My characters are often without a significant parental figure.
Jamie Bell

Often, Characters, Figure

What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful.
Joshua Foer

Makes, Meaningful, Memorable

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society.
Rowan D. Williams

Health, Society, Poverty

If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish it or get it published. Don't send it to me. Don't show it to your spouse, or your significant other, or your parents, or somebody. They're not going to publish it.
Robert B. Parker

Parents, Someone, Write

The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
Bashar al-Assad

Fact, Iraq, Disaster

Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects; for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action.
Karl Jaspers

Knowledge, Action, Scientific

There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water shortages. But this doesn't mean the best way to solve them is to cut carbon emissions.
Bjorn Lomborg

Best, Mean, Problems

I believe I went through a divorce. My relationship with Ellen is no less significant as a marriage than my relationship to Coley.
Anne Heche

Marriage, Through, Divorce

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