Gus Van Sant

Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family. I've always been attracted to temporary families. They tend to be lost characters.

American Director

Eric Schmidt

There is a science to managing high tech businesses, and it needs to be respected. One of them is that in technology businesses, leadership is temporary. It's constantly recycling. So the asset has limited lifetime.

American Businessman

Noam Chomsky

Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy.

American Activist

George Hill

Basketball's just something temporary that we do and we're blessed to do, but life is way more precious than this ball that we play.

American Athlete

Germaine Greer

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.

Australian Activist

Alicia Machado

Beauty is only temporary, but your mind lasts you a lifetime.

Venezuelan Celebrity

Shreyas Iyer

It's better to enjoy life - selection is a temporary thing.

Indian Cricketer

Pete Holmes

Life is temporary. We die one day. Live it up!

American Comedian

Lance Armstrong

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

American Cyclist

Michael J. Fox

Canadian Actor

Understanding the situation can reveal why something is temporary. It hints at change or transition.

Context Matters

'Temporary' suggests a situation is expected to evolve or be replaced.

Expectation of Change

Sometimes 'temporary' indicates an improvised or quick-fix solution rather than a carefully planned one.

Improvised Solution

Implies something will change soon, hinting at a sense of urgency or a short-term fix.

Near-future Change

'Temporary' in business often means flexibility, scaling workforce up or down as needed.

Workforce Flexibility

Temporary jobs usually don't offer career growth; they're for immediate, short-term work.

Not Career Positions

 and then we just we basically bring them in here as a bit of temporary housing and then we sort them all out and get them ready and then they go on release so these guys will be released within the next month the watervol families are only kept in these pens for a short time before they are taken to a release site it is incredibly important that they

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 but when it does find a female, you know, it's searching for a female for a really long time in the deep sea, but it finds it doesn't want to let go. So it has specialised mouth parts which grip on to the female. Now, depending on the species, this can be temporary. So sometimes the male will latch on for a set period of time

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 And the different stages of sleep have been shown to help consolidate different types of memories. During the non-REM slow-wave sleep, declarative memory is encoded into a temporary store in the anterior part of the hippocampus. Through a continuing dialogue between the cortex and hippocampus,

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 to live in temporary housing. They hoped residents would come home, but many chose to move elsewhere. Oh, wow. And although the government claims the land is safe, Yanai is not convinced. So he's willing to put his life in danger to cleanup his place.

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 A few simple guidelines, though, can help differentiate between a diet that is beneficial in maintaining long-term health, and one that only offers temporary weight changes. Here's the first If a diet focuses on intensely cutting back calories

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 And there's this amazing thing that happens in war, a cultural shift almost, very temporary. And it was the first time that I felt it was not only acceptable for me to be involved, but it was encouraged. It was demanded.

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 avoid comparing it to times you've felt down. Comparing what they're experiencing to normal, temporary feelings of sadness can make them feel guilty for struggling. Even just talking about depression openly can help.

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 Statues were built, temples were dedicated, and a whole month was renamed, still called July today. More importantly, the title of dictator, meant to grant temporary emergency powers in wartime,

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 third was cherished pet is equally playful the common parakeet better known as the budgerigar is hardwired to seek out company a mirror provides a temporary companion he doesn't see it as

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 our own temporary spaces I spend a lot of time in fittings however I'm a bit of a missed it in the fashion industry because while at boss tyrunt a commercial business

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