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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
benefits tasks easy
It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and not a very arduous task to astonish them; but essentially to benefit and to improve them is a work fraught with difficulty, and teeming with danger.
benefits might alternatives
American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage. Alan Greenspan
benefits cash size
We can guarantee cash benefits as far out and at whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power.
benefits drive efforts focused offer pleased product recognized relevant source technology tremendous value
We are pleased that yet another independent source has recognized the tremendous value of our tires. Goodyear's product development efforts have focused on an application of relevant technology - advancements that are technologically innovative, but which also offer discernable benefits to those who drive on our tires. Bob Toth
benefits action longing
We must not stint Our necessary actions in the fear To cope malicious censurers, which ever, As rav'nous fishes, do a vessel follow That is new-trimmed, but benefit no further Than vainly longing. William Shakespeare
benefits brings great people rich wealth
Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros. P. J. O'Rourke
benefits persons
Unless what you say benefits the other person, don't say it. Denis Waitley
benefits people sick
We have no benefits at all -- no sick leave. What most people have, we don't have it.
benefits card earning elite gives maximize members nights point potential rewards towards
We want our members to be able to maximize their point earning potential. This card not only allows members to earn more Marriott Rewards points, and it also gives them many benefits such as a free-night certificate yearly, and 15 nights towards Elite status.
accepting agree far next seems
When accepting a responsibility, imagine that it's something that you'll have to do next week. That way you don't agree to something just because it seems so far off that it doesn't seem onerous. Gretchen Rubin
accepting
Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth. Edith Stein
accepting has-beens
I'm definitely one of the best. Always have been; always will be. I won't accept anything less. Ed Belfour
accepting situation ifs
If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer. David Tudor
accepting used diminish
Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. Audre Lorde
accepting social process
In business life, that is, in its material processes, we eagerly accept the new. In social life, in all our social processes, we piously, valiantly, obdurately, maintain the old. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
accepting acquire attempt believe bid cooper low proposal
We believe that Danaher's proposal is an attempt to coerce Cooper shareholders into accepting an opportunistic bid to acquire Cooper at a low price,
accepting role
What he's done, accepting his role that way, has been a big part of this team.
accepting arts attention degree few fine focus less liberal master narrow past programs students trend
We feel that the focus of the programs are too narrow and that they don't give enough attention to other liberal arts. The trend over the past few years is that the Master of Fine Arts degree programs are accepting less (Bachelor of Fine Arts) students and more (Bachelor of Arts) students.