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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
clothes hands care
Perhaps second-hand cares, like second-hand clothes, come easily off and on. Charles Dickens
clothes collect filled room
We want to see how much we can collect this month. We already have a little room filled with clothes. Rodrigo Hurtado
clothes romance littles
I'm really into a blush on the eyelid and on the high of the cheek. The singer of 'Cocteau Twins' used to do that - really pink eyelids. It added a little romance to the hard kind of street-edge clothes. Chloe Sevigny
clothes dresses shops
I do not really shop. Most of my clothes I make. I dress simply. China Machado
clothes house labyrinth
I can't imagine a decent maze that would be caught dead without a minotaur. It's not done! You don't go out of your house without any clothes on, and a minotaur doesn't go into the world without a labyrinth to keep him warm. Catherynne M. Valente
clothes good looks mean size
There are clothes that are in our size, but just because it's my size doesn't mean it looks good on me.
clothes simply
Where I live is still under water, ... We have nothing. We simply have the clothes on our back. Kevin Johnson
clothes car matter
It doesn't matter where you live...It doesn't matter how you live. It doesn't matter what car you drive. It doesn't matter what kind of clothes you wear. Mark Cuban
clothes dating skins
I peeled the skin off a grape in slippery little triangles, and I understood then that I would be undressing every item of food I could because my clothes would be staying on. Aimee Bender
gestures statistics may
It may be meaningless, but at least it's a gesture. Dave Barry
gestures juxtaposition affection
It is hard for me to imagine that I felt good about behaving like that. I also remember that the smallest gesture of affection would bring a lump to my throat, whether it was directed at me or at someone else. Sometimes all it took was a scene in a movie. This juxtaposition of callousness and extreme sensitivity seemed suspicious even to me. Bernhard Schlink
gestures doe sometimes
Sometimes a slow gradual approach does more good than a large gesture. Craig Newmark
gestures hollywood symbolic
Everybody in Hollywood loves symbolic gestures. Drew Carey
gestures way example
A period film, where you, for example, where you have a traditional wardrobes, you are bound to act a certain way. But in a modern film, a lot of body gesture. Donnie Yen
gestures problem bigs
I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot. James Levine
gestures orchestra delusion
Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.
gestures easy glances
The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.
gestures habit unwind
The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits. Eric Liu