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civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilized example expect message send society strong
We want to send a very strong message ... this is not what we expect out of civilized society, ... We're going to make an example of somebody. John Wilson
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
collapse discussion few gets hug sit
When he first gets off the plane, I'm going to hug him. Then I'm going to collapse for a few hours, and then we're going to sit down for a long discussion about the consequences. Shatha Atiya
collapse facing financial solution unless within
Unless a solution is found, we may be facing the financial collapse of the PA within two weeks. James Wolfensohn
collapse good happened knew post tried
We knew they were going to collapse on our post players. We just tried to find good looks, and they happened to be from the outside. Heidi Libby
collapse happen matter models
Some models say the collapse can be very sudden. It can happen in a matter of months. Alan Stern
collapsed found hit school taken
She collapsed at school and was taken to the hospital, ... That's how we found out she had asthma. It hit us by surprise. Derek Johnson
collapse continue details forward looking people quickly sleep talk until
We're looking forward to nailing down the details as quickly as we can. We'll continue to talk until people collapse and even then we could talk in our sleep if we have to. Eric Rabe
collapse push tried
We tried to collapse on her and push out of the paint. Jen Warden
collapse dramatic frame time
The real case, as you probably know, went for over 20 years. We had to collapse the time frame just for dramatic purposes. Niki Caro
collapse hurricane katrina lack national suffered suggest
Events like Hurricane Katrina and the Minnesota bridge collapse suggest a national infrastructure that has suffered from lack of tending. Nina Easton
empires misery humans
The history of empires is the history of human misery. Edward Gibbon
empires roles found
Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role. Dean Acheson
empires poet modern
Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones. Dana Gioia
empires sometimes lost
A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire... Cardinal Richelieu
empires study imperialism
We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5) Edward Said
empires world plunder
Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate. Edward Said
empires dishes ifs
If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire. Daniel Pinkwater
empires
We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic. Donald Rumsfeld
empires drains british
Every empire has to get sucked down the drain. As a British person, I know how it feels. John Oliver
extended period talking
We were at an impasse and had been talking for an extended period of time. Frank Turner
extended offered
We extended these plea offers, and we're very comfortable with what we offered and what was accepted. John Cox
extended lead work
We extended out lead in the league, but we still have a lot of work to do. Jack Foster
extended great middle passes press third
We extended our press too much in the third quarter. They made some great passes and went to the middle on us very effectively. Mike Taylor
extended period staying sure water
We're just monitoring the dikes right now and making sure the water isn't staying on them for an extended period of time. Becky Ault
extended talking thinking
My own thinking is often clarified and extended by talking with students. Eula Biss
extended facility handle home might people
We might have a facility here in Bastrop to handle some of the people who won't be able to go home for extended period, Scott Henderson
extended last people retired week worked year
Last year we extended it, and it worked so well. We have a lot of retired people in the area, so many people can work during the week and many of them do. Sam Smith
extended graphic gruesome season shots shows women
Many shows this season ... had gruesome shots of women being brutalized and terrorized in very graphic and extended ways, Jeffrey Sconce
four last match proved ways won
We've won one game. We won four last year. We've got a ways to go before we match last year. We haven't proved anything. J. Taylor
four pages scripts
I did three or four weeks of work on 'Godzilla;' it wasn't a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is 'script doctoring,' is what I did on it. David S. Goyer
four guards looking plays using
UNLV plays four guards. So using four guards was something we were looking at doing anyway. Don Flanagan
four major played players proud
We are proud to have four players who played a major part in Wednesday's success. George Burley
four great last learn practicing
We are practicing with Hartland and they will get us prepared. They've been there the last four years and we should learn from them. They are a great program. B. F. Skinner
fourth half later left moved second third
We usually just have two forwards up top. But later in the second half I moved up a third one, and with about 1:45 left I moved in a fourth one. Kyle Smith
four larger whim
We started this on a whim four years ago. We don't want to make it any larger than it is. It really is a lot of fun. Jim McCann
fourth offensive options struggled third
We struggled to find another offensive weapon. Their third and fourth options made shots, and we're not that deep. Bonnie Henrickson
four large plays shows
We are a fluid, but large group. We do a lot of plays and four shows a years. Caryn Jeffreys
front mistakes slow solid until work
We still need to work on offense. Until we get solid up front we're going to make mistakes and those mistakes are going to slow us down. Mike Law
front guys pitcher rather rookie
When you've got guys like Andruw (Jones), Chipper (Jones), Julio (Franco) and Marcus (Giles) in front of you, you have some RBI chances. A pitcher doesn't want to pitch to those guys. He'd rather pitch to a rookie any day. Jeff Francoeur
front move
We're not going to move him up to the front of the line. Debbie Carter
front problem
We acknowledge the problem and we're very up front about it, Harry Price
front onto open path rush security student team telling visiting
We have security stationed in front of the student areas, and we're telling them, Look, guys, here's the plan. We've got to get the visiting team out of here. We know you're going to rush the floor, but here's the path that we want to take to go onto the floor. We're going to open it up to you and just funnel you down this way. Nina Simmons
front line offensive
What (the offensive line has) been able to do up front has been amazing. Reggie Bush
front occur particular sat wished
When you're working in front of the camera, there are always things that occur to you after the director has said 'Cut.' I could probably, if I sat down and thought about it, come up with instances where I wished I had made this particular choice or that particular choice. Delroy Lindo
front gets nobody stepped
When he gets the rebound, it's going the other way quick. Nobody stepped in front so he got all the way down to the goal. Jeff Boogaart
front name players sacrifice
We want players who don't give up. We want players who sacrifice everything for the name on the front of the jersey. Ryan Jones
numerous responsibility treatment
I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers. Tatum O'Neal
numerous speaking struck work
Speaking to numerous teachers and nurses, I am consistently struck by the sense of mission they have about their work. Charles Kennedy
numerous people proud work
Numerous people are very proud of the work we've put into this. Richard Peterson
numerous quickly talked
We can do it quickly because we talked about numerous scenarios. Chris Henson
numerous reports
If it were that simple, it would have been easier. There were numerous reports about the levees. Most of them were inconsistent. Frances Townsend
numerous reasons thinking
I was just thinking this is the person we want for this job. The reasons are too numerous to name. Gerald Myers
numerous played scoring second
We had numerous scoring opportunities after that. We played much better in the second half. Tom Burch
numerous school
School choice, vouchers, is not on the table. There are numerous other things that still need to be done. Bob Corkins
numerous people
There were just numerous people that were so happy. And there was actually people crying. It was very emotional. Stephen White
simply
There are times when you feel you simply can't go on. Ian Botham
simply strange
Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become. Rhys Ifans
simply slim small
But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman her hair simply coiled into her neck, Katherine Glasier. Ellen Wilkinson
simply writes
She will come after us with $10 million. She simply writes another check, Slade Gorton
simply
At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships. Felix Rohatyn
simply syllable
The one I tell everyone, the one I'm very, very proud of is 'Call Me Irresponsible.' Simply because I want to say and it's not as facetious as it sounds. It has five syllable words in it. Sammy Cahn
simply sportsman
A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something Stephen Leacock
simply stand
We are not going to simply stand by. Dick Cheney
simply
Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you will keep it to the end. Phillips Brooks
war ambition mean
For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the end, the bloated aggrandizement of the few. Charles Caleb Colton
war winning games
War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never. Charles Caleb Colton
war hands fog
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body. Charles Caleb Colton
war writing fighting
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it. Charles Caleb Colton
war long body
Wars are to the body politic, what drams are to the individual. There are times when they may prevent a sudden death, but if frequently resorted to, or long persisted in, they heighten the energies only to hasten the dissolution. Charles Caleb Colton
war heart character
Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to have withheld? Why am I making a friend of this woman beside me, in spite of the whispers against her that I hear in my heart? Charles Dickens
war believe blow
I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth. Charles Dickens
war believe writing
There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet? Charles Stross
war writing spy
I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing. Charles Stross
westerns
What made us different from other westerns was the fact that 'Gunsmoke' wasn't just action and a lot of shooting; they were character-study shows. James Arness
western
Westerns pop up every so often, everybody does a western and then they all die. Bruce Campbell
western writers
I do have two wonderful awards from the Western Writers of America, one for 'Beardance' and the other for 'Far North.' The award is called the Spur, and the plaques really do have spurs on them! Will Hobbs
western york
Western New York is probably characterized more by stagnancy than anything else. Frank Mauro
western-culture facts dimensions
Especially for those of us living in the Western culture, death to a large extent is still a taboo subject. It's considered something dreadful that shouldn't be happening. It's usually denied. The fact of death is not faced. What we don't realize in Western culture is that death has a redemptive dimension. Eckhart Tolle
western
Everyone keeps saying the western's dead, but it's not. Edward Norton
western-movie western-films cowboy-movie
I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. Clint Eastwood
western-movie western-films cowboy-movie
Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have messed with? That's me. Clint Eastwood
westerns
I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films. Mel Brooks