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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.
civilized example expect message send society strong
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
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
concerned enter formal interest though work
Even though what I do does enter the market, it doesn't interest me. I am exclusively concerned with the formal qualities of my work. It is about the need and the right to self-expression. Louise Bourgeois
concern detention human raises rights serious tantamount
The possibility of preventative detention raises serious concern that such detention may be tantamount to derogation of the country's human rights obligations under international law. Hina Jilani
concern people positive sign
The positive sign is there's more of a concern for others, as well as self, than people think.
concerns conditions consistent drought forecasts increases moderate parts plains severe southern summer weather yield
The persistence of moderate to severe drought conditions in parts of Illinois, Iowa, and much of the southern Plains increases concerns about yield potential. As usual, forecasts of summer weather conditions are not consistent at this time.
concerned people speaks understood voted yes
The people who voted yes understood the issue, and that is really what we are concerned about. I think it speaks for itself.
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The people who own Internet stocks are taking on a very high level of risk. Myself and most of the other managers at the conference are concerned about people who own and trade those stocks not understanding the risks they're taking.
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The only concern I do have is I'd like to see a couple more months (of data) put together here before we declare this torrid, hot economy as into another phase of gearing down. I'm not as optimistic yet that we have slowed everything.
concern good playing
The only concern I have is how is he playing right now, and he's playing pretty good. So, I feel good about that. Mike Sherman
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We are seeing a pullback on stocks because many investors are concerned with the outlook for interest rates and with the economy at the start of 2006. The rebound in oil in the past couple of days is also hurting some stocks, especially the ones related to consumer spending, such as retailers. Subodh Kumar
descending shows themselves
Most shows find themselves descending into sentimentality or earnestness at some point but, with 'Community,' the joke is always on.
descendant successive survived
The seventeenth-century baby slept, as his nineteenth-century descendant does, in a cradle. Nothing could be prettier than the old cradles that have survived successive years of use with many generations of babies. Alice Morse Earle
descends fine hold impossible knowing morning peace perfect wake
To some people, the impossible is impossible. One fine day, they wake up in the morning knowing that they will never hold the moon in their hands, and with the certainty, perfect peace descends on them. Elizabeth Bibesco
descending engine feet
He was descending from 8,000 to 7,000 feet when the engine conked out.
descend ideal knows oh reasonable shall
Who knows but I shall grow reasonable at last, descend from my ideal heaven to the real earth, marry, and - Oh Plato! - make a pudding? Jane Welsh Carlyle
descends eccentric starts
My character in 'Running With Scissors' is manic-depressive. She starts out as a wonderfully eccentric person, and then descends into a terrible illness. Annette Bening
descendant might report school sir
My maternal grandmother had what might be described in a school report as a 'lively imagination.' She told us that she was a direct descendant of Sir Christopher Wren. Jeremy Hardy
descended spit
I think those that spit have descended from the trees. Javier Clemente
descended immigrants remember
Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists Franklin D. Roosevelt
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away. Charles Dickens
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!...
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
spirals ifs knows
I tend to spiral out of control if I'm not working. I get panicked and don't know what to do with myself. Rose Byrne
violence cynicism barbarism
We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism. Camille Paglia
violence causes study
Despite hundreds of studies, cause-and-effect relationship between pornography and violence has never been satisfactorily proved. ?
violence fascination incredibles
There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures. Bo Derek
violence violent non-violence
Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent Betty Williams
violence
Education is a vacine for violence Edward James Olmos
violence answers sabotage
You can't answer violence with counter violence ... The answer is love. The best sabotage is love. Athol Fugard
violence logic used
For anybody who's ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used. Aasif Mandvi
violence violent recoil
Violence recoils on the violent. Arthur Conan Doyle
violence aptitude natural
Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing. Baltasar Gracian