Jose Angel Gurria

We need better measures of people's expectations and levels of satisfaction, of how they spend their time, of their relations with other people... We need to focus on stocks as much as on flows, and we need to broaden the range of assets that we consider important to sustain our well-being.

Mexican Economist

Esai Morales

We understand 'Roots,' and that experience was mind-boggling, and it changed the way society viewed race relations. It was incredibly important. With 'Roots,' I was just as proud as anybody else that people of color were getting their stories told.

American Actor

Jose Maria Aznar

We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community.

Spanish Statesman

Jay Hernandez

But in film you always watch situations or stories that you really have no relation to. A lot of times just because there's no personal connection doesn't mean you can't connect with the film or the characters in the film.

Angela Merkel

In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.

German Statesman

Anton Chekhov

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

Russian Dramatist

Friedrich Nietzsche

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.

German Philosopher

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

German Writer

Kevin de Leon

Foreign relations should involve human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection.

American Politician

Edward Gibbon

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

English Historian

Use 'relation' to describe connections between ideas, events, or objects, not just people.

Non-Human Usage

'Relation' does not imply a positive or negative connection; it's neutral.

Not Always Positive

'Relation' as a family term can refer to both close and distant family links.

Degrees of Familiarity

Introduce relatives formally as 'my relation' instead of 'my relative' in a formal context.

Formal Introduction

In personal contexts, 'relation' often refers to one's dealings or conduct toward another person.

Human Interactions

'Relation' doesn't necessarily mean a friendly connection; it can be professional or neutral.

Neutral Stance

In mathematics and philosophy, 'relation' refers to abstract associations or comparisons.

Abstract Concepts

In technical contexts, 'relation' is used for factual, not emotional, connections.

Impersonal Tone

 and sure enough, I failed. I couldn't see all the blinking different lights, and I can't distinguish color. So I had to choose another career, and this was in fact relatively easy for me, because I had an abiding passion all the way through my childhood, which was international relations.

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 to where one could walk or sit in relation to the King. Over time, the study of ballet became a central element of court life, and proper grasp of the etiquette could make or break one's success as a courtier. Many of these court gestures can still be seen in modern ballet techniques.

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 For science, the task is to find where this network lies, how it is formed, and how it interacts with external stimuli. For philosophy, the challenge is to rethink what this new model of consciousness means for our understanding of our selves and our relation to the world around us.

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 fantastic definition with this idea that we'd actually changed the global economy to help the poorest to the poor and I think it's really a reproach to us that we've moved away from thinking that big there's the postmodern definition a set of ideas that shapes power relations

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 And despite the distant relation, convergent evolution has made it remarkably similar to the human brain, with as many neurons and synapses and a highly developed hippocampus and cerebral cortex. It is the hippocampus, strongly associated with emotion, that aids recollection

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 relation was one to one. I was watching these people, they would come and sit in front of me, but they would have to wait for hours and hours and hours to get to this position, and finally, they sit. And what happened? They are observed by the other people,

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 We create our lives symbiotically as we explore our talents in relation to the circumstances they help to create for us. But, you know, we have become obsessed with this linear narrative. And probably the pinnacle for education is getting you to college.

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 is that free trade, the movement of capital, the movement of people across borders benefit everyone on aggregate. The consensus amongst international relations scholars is that globalization brings interdependence, which brings cooperation and peace.

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 Let's just take the toy away for a second and let's Can we have a look at what we've just taken? Okay, so here we go. The cat realises the mouse is within his grasp, but he wants to know exactly where it is in relation to his mouth.

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 including radio velocity, in which a planet causes a star to wobble. Direct imaging, where the glare of stars is blocked in order to see objects nearby. Astrometry, which observes the star's movements in relation to nearby stars.

Relation

The way in which two things or people are connected.

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A person who is part of the same family.

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The way someone thinks and behaves towards someone else.

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A mathematical relationship between two variables or quantities.

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