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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.
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
civilization savages fragility
They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. Camille Paglia
fields bears harmony
All creatures must learn to coexist. That’s why the brown bear and the field mouse can share their lives in harmony. Of course, they can’t mate or the mice would explode. Betty White
fields shows daily-show
Working on The Daily Show, I co-produced all those field segments, and that's another huge thing.I probably did more than 100 field segments. Ed Helms
fields quagmire killing
At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire. Charles Rangel
fields development active
Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field. Charles Francis Richter
fields bread strange
The very spot where grew the bread that formed my bones, I see. How strange, old field, on thee to tread, and feel I'm part of thee. Abraham Lincoln
fields following genetic including molecular science variety work
But while doing that I'd been following a variety of fields in science and technology, including the work in molecular biology, genetic engineering, and so forth. K. Eric Drexler
fields heaven mistress months
Maiden, and mistress of the months and stars/ Now folded in the flowerless fields of heaven. Algernon Swinburne
fields being-the-best default
If you don't actively and decidedly choose to be the best, you automatically default to the lower 80% in your field. Brian Tracy
fields being-the-best commit
Success comes when you do what you love to do, and commit to being the best in your field.
degrees measuring productivity
Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence. Alan Watts
degrees biology
One of my degrees was a science degree in biology. Elizabeth Moon
degrees hysterical easy
The degree of notoriety I have is fine and easy. There's nothing hysterical about it. Bill Nighy
degrees punjabis marble
Marble flooring is to a Punjabi what a foreign degree is to a Tamilian Chetan Bhagat
degrees bliss form
The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly Desiderius Erasmus
degrees done sitcom
I had done the sitcom thing to lesser and lesser degrees of success. David Alan Grier
degrees trust-in-god knows
You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him. Brennan Manning
degrees geek older-sister
My older sister has all her degrees in theater, and I couldnt stand the theater geeks! Diane Neal
degrees heading warmer
We're heading up to 76 degrees today, which is 6 degrees warmer than yesterday.