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The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

Albert Einstein

A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.

Cicero

I didn't go to high school, and I didn't go to grade school either. Education, I think, is for refinement and is probably a liability.

H. L. Hunt

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

Bonnie Jewell

As the weather gets warmer, the blend changes to a more refined one. More refinement translates into more money at the pumps.

Sarah Davis

True refinement seeks simplicity.

Bruce Lee

Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity.

Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.

They were not just interested in refinement in terms of aesthetic tastes and art collecting, but also refinement in the way that they educated the children.

Sarah Hall

The same refinement which brings us new pleasures, exposes us to new pains.

Edward G. Bulwer lytton

Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into class and convention.

Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.

If you think of how those women dressed, the kind of refinement, that kind of elegance. That's really the inspiration for these clothes.

Calvin Klein

It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.

Alice James

Without Mrs. (Ellen) Herbert's persistent encouragement and prodding, I don't believe I could have ever achieved what I did in that competition. Mrs. Herbert guides the journey not of perfection but of refinement.

Jennifer Martinez

We were definitely happy with the win, but we feel like we have more refinement to do. We're not satisfied quite yet, and we're hoping to peak in May.

Shannon Rouillard

The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.

Eugene Delacroix

The name of the game is going to be improving horizontal capability, which in turn gives either company the space to dive more specifically into verticals, ... This is evidence of the continuing refinement of the product line.

Josh Greenbaum

We have noted that the refinement of existing technologies, and to a greater extent, the development of new ones, is often accompanied by significant technological obstacles; this is especially relevant given the complexity of the technologies involved.

Rahul Nayar

When we first started working on this Explorer, it became evident that crossovers are the hot spot in the market. Customers are looking for the refinement and fuel economy advantage that they can only get in a crossover.

Jon Harmon