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I prefer the term ‘sexual deviant’ myself,” Saiman said.

I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war.

I see Christianity in very humanistic terms.

I sacrificed a lot, in terms of friendship and family, from working so much at such a young age, but I wouldn't be where I am if I hadn't.

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

I seem to be a long-term relationship kinda guy.

I suppose if I had my time again I would refuse it and stay at Fulham because I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, and secondly I would have taken it on my own terms.

I see things in terms of paint, all else is irrelevant.

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

I tend to only be able to obsess about one thing at once, and become fully engaged in and only interested in that thing. But in the longer term, a lot of my stories also give birth to other stories.

I think, actually, that rock and roll is a misconception. It should no longer be a term for music.

I think, historically, the term 'Thatcherism' will be seen as a compliment.

I think in terms of what I am able to accomplish and build.

I think Barack Obama is a one-term President.

I think improvisation is really crucial in terms of making things feel real and authentic.

I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.

I think the music of the Fifties is really good. I suspect it's much better musically than much of what's available now. Not in terms of production, but in terms of content.

I think having a term for a condition that is prevalent is useful, because then people understand it as something not particular to them. It allows you not to ask the question, "What's wrong with me?" and begin to ask the question, "What's wrong with this place that I'm in?

I think less is more in terms of makeup in general.

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincolns single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation.

I think we'll say flat is the new growth in the short term.

It matters less to venerate things than to live with them on terms of good friendship.

I try to put what's evocative in the music to me, I try and put that out there in terms of titles and imagery, or implication towards the listener.

I thought again how odd it was to be on formal terms with someone you had once permitted to lick your ears.

It's a bad thing that happens to women, but when you look at that term 'violence against women,' nobody is doing it to them. It just happens to them. Men aren't even a part of it.

Its amazing what you can do without in terms of filmmaking when a story is really important.

It's actually now, more common to see conceptual productions of Shakespearian, which Hamlet is played as a Nazi, or a homosexual, or whatever concept is being laid over the play, then it is to see a production of Shakespeare in which there is no conceptual overlay and the play is simply being presented on its own terms.

It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.

It's more egalitarian on the Internet - anyone can put anything up. But in terms of the money it takes to allow a band to get good, there's less of it to invest.

It's not long-term debt if the money is immediately paid back.

It's intuitive in terms of when I read a piece of material or I hear about a project. I'm a writer, so I've written movies. I've read at this point thousands and thousands and thousands of screenplays. So if something gets me, then I don't ignore that.

It’s time we framed every question - every issue -- not in terms of what’s in it for ‘me,’ but what’s in it for all of us?

I've always been the go-to girl for all of my girlfriends in terms of relationship advice or clothing advice.

It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would come and ask me questions. One could say at that point I became a spiritual teacher, although the term did not occur to me then.

I've always felt that, although Truffaut was greatly revered and admired, at the same time, in terms of film and how much he loved film, he was underestimated.

I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.

I've found my true calling in life, and I'm living life on my terms.

I’ve really turned a corner recently in terms of not taking work too seriously, so it is much easier for me to not take my work home.

I've always taken a lot of exercise - I get a bit depressed if I don't. In terms of food, I'm a bit of a grazer.

I voted for Obama and I will probably vote for him again, as opposed to the Republicans. But I believe his administration in some key aspects is nothing other than the third term of the Bush administration.

I wanted to grow in terms of making pictures, not adapting to new software and technology. But that's the game now.

I want to die on my own terms.

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.

I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or not.

I've only been in long-term relationships. I've never really dated myself.

I want for India complete independence in the full English sense of that English term.

I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.

I want to live life on my own terms.

I was given a tremendous gift in terms of athleticism. Maybe it was because I wasn't so confident in other areas.

I was against it [Trans-Pacific Partnership] once , it was finally negotiated and the terms were laid out.