Quotes about arbitrary
arbitrary colour
All colours are arbitrary. Carl Sagan
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The press doesn't just cover presidential campaigns, they influence them by making arbitrary decisions about who is 'top tier' and merits coverage. Mark McKinnon
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It is deplorable, but not tragic, simply to be a victim of circumstance. Sheer victimization is not an assertion - and it naturally makes not for vision but for frustration. The victimizing circumstances, or accidents, seem arbitrary and exorbitant, even silly. Kenneth Burke
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Like other potentates with a long habit of arbitrary authority, she covered her perplexity with a smart show of decision. Dorothy Fisher
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Only the most outrageous, truly inadmissible limitations on the rights of international organizations were dropped. The bill still provides for widespread and arbitrary repression of Russian and international NGOs.
arbitrary face looks pricing
On the face of it, it looks like it should be shorted -- not bought. It's the most arbitrary pricing I've ever seen.
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I would be inclined to support gas tax relief on the House floor, but I would prefer the reinstatement of the gas tax be based on price, not an arbitrary time frame,
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I don't think we should have some arbitrary timetable ... You give it as long as it takes to come to a conclusive and final judgment they're not cooperating. And at the present they're not. Tony Blair
arbitrary behind boundary data decision hard
Hard data is behind boundary changes. It is not an arbitrary decision at all.
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Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at injustice.
arbitrary rewards conformity
A person's willingness to conform to arbitrary parameters is not a good criterion for selecting talent or allocating rewards. Bruce Tulgan
arbitrary taxes pernicious
The most pernicious of all taxes are the arbitrary. David Hume
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The permanent mission of Cuba to the United Nations wishes to protest strongly at the arbitrary decision and to state that it disagrees completely with the pretexts given. Kofi Annan
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I often feel a discomfort, a kind of embarrassment, when I explain elementary-particle physics to laypeople. It all seems so arbitrary - the ridiculous collection of fundamental particles, the lack of pattern to their masses. Leonard Susskind
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Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins.
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There are those that are saying you have to be able to dial back to any arbitrary point in time. From our discussions with the mid-market, that's not exactly something they are looking for.
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We're not going to be tied to an arbitrary date on the calendar. We haven't scheduled it yet. If it's needed we want to make sure it has maximum impact.
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The big deal about the Internet design was you could have an arbitrary large number of networks so that they would all work together. Vint Cerf
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If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established. Algernon Sidney
arbitrary civilized seldom traits uncertain unless
Laws fixed, certain, and uniform, are said to be the distinguishing traits of civilized from savage communities. In these last, seldom are any laws, unless it be the arbitrary and uncertain will of the strongest. Levi Woodbury
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The decree of a coercive tribunal would not need to conform to the true standard of wages, the final productivity of social labor. It would introduce into distribution a genuinely arbitrary element, with a very large ultimate power to pervert the natural system. John Bates Clark
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I wanted to make a movie about the arbitrary nature of love. Adrian Lyne
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While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands of pamphlets, we have held that an arbitrary act of violence will not necessarily have such an effect. Johann Most
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Local government represents the cornerstone of the United States, and we fully support the critical role that localities play in protecting consumer and citizen rights. However, with 78 car rental excise taxes in 37 states, and 45 more such taxes pending or under discussion, we must speak out on behalf of our customers. These arbitrary taxes unfairly single out our customers and potentially interfere with interstate commerce by hindering free trade in the nationwide car rental industry.
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It is somewhat arbitrary because it's a moving average. How do you determine what you would have earned on that particular date?
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I believe that what has happened in West Tisbury is going to have echoes for years to come around the ways we raise property taxes in Massachusetts. I think Bill Graham has shown us that there are huge flaws - frightening flaws - in the way towns conduct this type of business. There can be nothing arbitrary - and there should be nothing subjective - about the process of taxation. That's been a cornerstone of our government and our society.
arbitrary birth supreme
The birth of science rang the death-knell of an arbitrary and constantly interposing Supreme Power. Annie Besant
arbitrary treats persons
A lot of my movies were completely destroyed by the censors, who can be pretty arbitrary. They're not completely fair with how they treat one person vs. another. Amy Heckerling
arbitrary process songwriting
Songwriting requires some sort of ceremony to even get the process started, and it can be somewhat arbitrary. Andrew Bird
arbitrary matter point
There's a point I set for myself, and it's an arbitrary point, when I think no matter happens, I'm going to finish that book. And that's when I get to page 100. I have to see it out.
arbitrary easily fixed limit list
There's always something arbitrary when you limit a list to a fixed number. There easily could be 100 for another book.
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As a coach, there are a lot of things, personally, I may or may not like or would not personally do - not necessarily may be my style, ... But you have to be very careful about inhibiting the passion for this game in an arbitrary way. I've got a very diverse group of players economically, socially, racially, geographically, with a number of different upbringings. Brian Billick
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The ballot is only useful as a screen from arbitrary power. William Hazlitt