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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
local meant police protect
We want the local police to do what they were meant to do -- protect their citizens. Nancy Talanian
local signs unless
Unless the local community signs up, wildlife won't survive. And without wildlife, no one will visit.
local oftentimes positive
There are so many local nonprofits making a positive impact every day, and yet, oftentimes we don't hear enough about them or their needs. Sylvia Mathews Burwell
local money talent
Make the most of your money. Use your local talent and try to have something for everyone's taste. Mary Mark
local role since worrying
Since Sept. 11, the local police, our role has changed, ... Before, we were worrying about burglaries, thefts. David Dunn
local support wants
She wants to support her local tournaments. We're disappointed, but we understand.
locally people project
We want to keep this project local. There are people locally who will invest.
local money
We want to keep that money here, and we want to use local people.
local
We want to keep it local and we want to keep it Canadian.
signing signing-autographs slips
I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets. Casey Stengel
significant-things movie-love important
It always seemed to me like it was a significant thing to do with one's life to be an actor 'cause I love movies and I felt like, not to be grandiose about it, but there is something important about film with the function it provides to general society. Charlie Hunnam
significant
Money can't buy life. Bob Marley
significant ifs
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
signed
We're finalizing a settlement. It should be signed soon.
signing
Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract. Tommy Shaw
significant-things names achievement
Nobody has achievements like this ... you cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none. Brian Mulroney
significant-change way doe
Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth. Dennis Weaver
signed
She delivers the signed affidavit to Mr. Jordan, Asa Hutchinson
single-mom believe simple
I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment. Byron Katie
single loneliness boys
A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be.
single-life speech vain
If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain Ai Weiwei
single-mom struggle opportunity
Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities. Bill Richardson
single breakup love-you
That's why I called it Dangerously In Love. It's basically all of the steps in a relationship from when you first meet a guy to realizing you're interested to dancing with him the first night to thinking that you're in love to realizing that you're now a little open to making love to breaking up to having to love yourself after the breakup. All of that. A celebration of love. Beyonce Knowles
single shopping numbers
There is a restless kind of consumer shopping for partners, as if the "right one" can be found by totting up a potential mate's pluses and minuses until the number of pluses matches some mythical standards. Deepak Chopra
single blessing independence
The first of earthly blessings, independence. Edward Gibbon
single wisdom loneliness
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.
single-life down-and done
I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get things done. Ed Sheeran