To the European immigrant - that is, to the aliens who have been converted into Americans by the advantages of American life - the Promise of America has consisted largely in the opportunity which it offered of economic independence and prosperity.
African famine is not a visitation of fate. It is largely man-made, and the men who made it are largely Africans.
Good fortune opens the hand as well as the heart wonderfully; and to give somewhat when we have largely received, but to afford a vent to the unusual ebullition of the sensations.
I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction.
why shouldnt things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? they are so, and we are so, and they and we go together.
The distance we feel from our actions is proportionate to our ignorance of them; our ignorance, in turn, is largely a measure of the length of the chain of intermediaries between ourselves and our acts.
World War I broke out largely because of an arms race, and World War II because of the lack of an arms race.
There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting themselves directly in harm's way to save others. Too many of them paid a terrible, unimaginable price for their heroism. And like so many women in wartime, they were largely forgotten after the war's end. There were no parades for them, very few medals, and almost no mention in the history books.
You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.
I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to those who exercise it.
The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.
One of the capabilities, which seems to be the most difficult for aspiring leaders to maste is realistic optimism. It requires one to recognize that our experience of life is largely up to us, that our situations, good or bad, are largely due to our ability on a moment-to-moment basis to capitalize on opportunity. Those that approach life as if it is largely outside of their own control, or that others are largely to blame for their circumstances, generally find growth elusive.
It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.
The man who never in his life Has washed the dishes with his wife Or polished up the silver plate - He still is largely celibate.
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
A scientist works largely by intuition. Given enough experience, a scientist examining a problem can leap to an intuition as to what the solution 'should look like. '. . . Science is ultimately based on insight, not logic.
The attitude of the American public toward the external projection of American power has been much more ambivalent. The public supported America's engagement in World War II largely because of the shock effect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.
. . . heavy investments in information technology have delivered disappointing results - largely because companies tend to use technology to mechanize old ways of doing business. . . Instead of embedding outdated processes in silicon and software, we should obliterate them and start over.
I support [FRAME's] objectives, largely because I do not believe that results of tests conducted on animals will be neccessarily relevant to human beings.