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Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction.
Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit.
Obamacare has made insurance costlier and far less comprehensive.
I have far less than what people think, but far more than I need.
Diplomacy is really far less important than the stock movements within Russia.
Catalysts offer the promise of making chemical transformations far less polluting.
It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.
Women are often paid far less than men, while they also perform most of the world's unpaid care work.
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
Racism exists, but it is far less rampant than ignorance, and ignorance can be cured through experience.
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
Over the ages, some societies have accorded far less value and respect to singles than to married individuals.
The Qur'an is in many ways far less concrete than the Bible, relying on the esoteric more often than the apparent.
Wonder and awe are the diet of the artist and without them the world would be far less meaningful to us than it is.
If you peek behind the curtain at any type of company, you'll see that things are far less organized than you'd expect.
I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.
I love doing short films because they're much more intimate and there's far less waiting around than on the bigger films.
Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts.
All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.
The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter.
A job letter, an interview - even a writing sample - have far less to do with intellect and far more to do with aesthetics than you think.
Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns.
Petty thievery is a more profitable job than pool hustling, which it resembles, requires far less talent and training, and is equally devoid of promise.
Your kids might feel more apt to try some art of their own after viewing contemporary works that are far less intimidating than those of the Old Masters.
An overall trend of political moderation in Latin America makes for far less interesting headlines, but it also makes for far better lives for our people.
While domestically the president may be able to somewhat reshape his/her image through defining moments and actions, this is far less feasible internationally.
Directing was a natural thing for me. Actually, it was far less stressful directing than being the lead actor. I was able to have my input in all aspects of it.
It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual conversation with their parents.
If someone came into my home and wanted to arrest me for murder, that would be far less traumatizing to me than someone coming in and taking my 7-year-old twins.
Ultimately, Dead Prez should have went multi-platinum. But when people didn't rally around them, I knew the black hip-hop audience had become far less politicized.
'Staunch conservatives' and 'free marketeers' are fairly typical Republicans, while the 'American preservationists' are far less reliably a part of a GOP coalition.
The 'Manipulator' record was really fun to do. It was far less heavy and draining, in an emotional way. It was just like making a rock record. It was just really fun.
Depression comes back over time in about 90 percent of people on antidepressants. Studies show that relapses are far less common when people are treated with psychotherapy.
But the prospects of designing chemical plants for industrial scale chemical processes seemed far less interesting than the chemical events that occur in biological systems.
Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times.
Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision to explore theory!
It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is.
World leaders need to realize that the cost of transforming the global energy system is far less than coping with the consequences of burning the planet's remaining fossil fuels.
I strongly believe that those of us who are privileged to have wealth should contribute significantly to try and create a better world for the millions who are far less privileged.
Even when she was alive, Esther Kreitman's novels, short stories and translations received far less attention than the work of her famous brothers, I. J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer.
The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable to those who would prevent the crime.
The industrial revolution in England was only made possible through intensified agriculture and the use of coal for manufacturing, which delivered far more energy for far less labor.
Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better.
When people do get to see each other and know each other more - you'll see it in New York, all these cultures are together - other cultures become far less scary and less foreign to you.
Transsexualism is far less common than homosexuality, and the research is in its infancy. Scattered studies have looked at brain activity, finger size, familial recurrence, and birth order.
The entire federal budget for landslide research is $3.5 million a year - far less than the property value lost on a single day when 17 mansions slid down a hill in 2005 in Laguna Beach, Calif.
There is maybe a danger of dwelling on the past, but I think that's far less dangerous than moving forward without learning and not being able to find joy in happy memories and things like that.
I think that something is fundamentally wrong if a person of his great wealth is only paying 13.9 percent effective tax rate and most of Americans are paying 28, 30 percent and they make far less.