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memories book writing
Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory of those who write them, and the bad memory of those who read them Charles Caleb Colton
memories appreciate literature
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
memories mind firsts
Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.
memories book reader
Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers.
memories teaching should-have
All preceptors should have that kind of genius described by Tacitus, "equal to their business, but not above it;" a patient industry, with competent erudition; a mind depending more on its correctness than its originality, and on its memory rather than on its invention.
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Lord, keep my memory green. Charles Dickens
memories husband men
I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.
memories dictator amnesia
Where would dictators be without our compliant amnesia? Make the collective lose its memory, you can conceal anything. Charles Stross
memories liberty might
If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty.
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'Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself. LeRoy Neiman
affluence left
For the Left, affluence is won, not earned. Dennis Prager
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Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These places used to have impoverished neighborhoods nearby, but the poor people got chased out by young singles living in group homes, hipsters, and urban homesteading gay couples. P. J. O'Rourke
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The country is filled with energetic and enterprising men, rendered desperate by being reduced from affluence to poverty through the vicissitudes of the times. They will give an impulse to smuggling unknown to the country heretofore. John C. Calhoun
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We talk a lot about infrastructure in cities, and it's talking about highways and it's talking about trains, but I think more important to people who are low income is, how do I get from here to there? How do I become part of the affluence that's surrounding me? Katherine Boo
affluence economics inequality
Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality. Adam Smith
affluence making-money rich
Under capitalism the more money you have, the easier it is to make money, and the less money you have, the harder.Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. The affluence of the rich supposes the indigence of the many.
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Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us. Tim Jackson
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There are minds which easily sink into submission, that look on grandeur with undistinguishing reverence, and discover no defect where there is elevation of rank and affluence of riches Samuel Johnson
needs normal spirit
If we walk in the Spirit daily, surrendered to His power, we have the right to expect anything we need to hear from God. The Holy Spirit living within us and speaking to us ought to be the natural, normal lifestyle of believers. Charles Stanley
needs speak ashamed
He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself. Charles Spurgeon
needs lord rejoice
When it is the Lord’s work in which we rejoice, we need not be afraid of being too glad.
needs inbreds values
The need for values is inbred. Their content is not. Alan Greenspan
needs wealth rich
I can walk. It's just that I'm so rich I don't need to. Alan Bennett
needs enough boycott
When you're dealing with boycotts, you don't need everyone. You just need enough to be effective. Al Sharpton
needs bronx bodyguard
I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx. Al Pacino
needs logic found
We have been snared in the coils of a spurious logic which insists that if we have found Him we need no more seek Him. Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken.