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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
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More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
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Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
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The persons who remain poor are the entirely foolish, the entirely wise, the idle, the reckless, the humble, the thoughtful, the dull, the imaginative, the sensitive, the well-informed, the improvident, the irregularly and impulsively wicked, the clu John Ruskin
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The performance of the entire team was good, Luiz Scolari
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We are looking forward to a good week of practice, going over some things and getting ready for Jericho. That's where our entire focus is right now. Joe Crocco
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We struggled again. It was one of those nights. We only scored (seven) points the entire second half. John Gray
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For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
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We want to pound home the idea that the festival is for the entire Gulf region.
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We have never talked about being ranked No. 1 or being undefeated at all the entire season. Those numbers aren't important to us.
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We want our fans to show their support for our program by wearing green. We want the entire stadium in green. Mark Driscoll
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about. Natasha Trethewey
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I was stunned to find out there had never been a serious, scholarly biography ever written on Rosa Parks. Douglas Brinkley
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I'm saying my rosary every day. Jordana Brewster
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Rosa Parks inspired many. She will not be forgotten. John Shimkus
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The power of the rosary is beyond description. Fulton J. Sheen
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Filipinos everywhere are known for their love of God, their fervent piety and their warm devotion to Our Lady and her rosary Pope Francis
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary. Saint Francis de Sales