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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
creates offense running spread
We spread the offense to spread the opposing defenses and that really creates running room. Eric Keller
creates help life responsibility situation start
When you start to live in a situation like that . . . it creates a sense of responsibility to your own life to do something that can help others. Nora Volkow
creates good whenever
Whenever we play good defense, it creates our offense.
creates emotional environment excited exciting games great heard last meant played stadium trying watching week weeks year
Watching the games last year and trying to get a feel of what it meant for this community, it's an exciting week for us. I've heard a lot about what the stadium is going to be like. The stadium was great two weeks ago when we played but I've heard that it creates an emotional environment and I'm pretty excited about that.
creates fund government grow harder initiative rainy steadily stronger year
What this initiative does, it allows government to grow steadily every year and creates a stronger rainy day fund that's harder to get into.
creates flow forward irish-poet life natural naturally reality resist series whatever
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them -- that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
creates itself
There's a sense of fiction in every video game. It creates a world for itself that you want to obey. Tom Bissell
creates desire seems
It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. Eric Hoffer
creates gas good greenhouse managing pressure
When their competitors have a good story to tell about how they're managing greenhouse gas emissions, I think it creates pressure to have a good story themselves.
diminished eventually fade landscape major permanent social
Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience. Freda Adler
diminished human loses
Every two weeks, a language dies. The world is diminished when it loses its human sayings, just as when it loses its diversity of plants and beasts. Eduardo Galeano
diminished pace scale since threat
Since July, the pace of investigation, the scale of the threat has not diminished in any way whatsoever. Peter Clarke
diminished great movies somewhat
Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice. Pierce Brosnan
diminished few groups hall incredibly love musical musically
Hall & Oates is one of the few musical groups as satisfying now as it was back then. There's something incredibly musically satisfying about their songs. Nothing has diminished my love for them. Ben Gibbard
diminished hike rate reaction seem yesterday
While the Fed's rate hike yesterday (Tuesday) may seem to have diminished reaction to today's (Wednesday's) CPI report, it will nonetheless be important,
diminished economy evidence knew pressures price statistics
We knew the economy slowed down, and there was evidence from some of the monthly price statistics that inflationary pressures diminished during the period.
diminished elitist fantasies freed heroes itself produced risked september tamed
September 11th has produced only miniature heroes because our culture has freed itself from many of the old, dangerous, elitist fantasies of heroism... But in so doing, we have not only tamed and diminished heroes. We have risked taming and diminishing ourselves. Rory Stewart
diminished options practical value
As a practical matter, the options have, for the moment, substantially diminished value, if any.
full grieving year
We want them to have a full year of grieving before they volunteer.
full preached time
The other times, we just preached at you, ... This time around, it's like you're getting christened in church. This is the full immersion version.
fullest life living
We've all been living life to the fullest during our break, Justin Jeffre
full historic path successes
We are at the end of an historic process, ... It has been a long path, a path full of successes and failures. Jacques Santer
full increased openings production
We are at all full production and we have increased staff, with some openings at mines.
full kinds lets music people piano saturday soft spiritual split sunday
We split it up so the Sunday devotional is more spiritual and the Saturday show will be full of all different kinds of music so it lets people know we do more than just soft piano ballads.
full games glass half
We're not going to make it look pretty and say, 'Well, we've been here before,' ... We have 14 games to play and we can't panic. But I don't think you can tell them the glass is half full when it's not. Mike Sherman
full providing
We have narrowed it down to those who are providing full financing.
full involved knew signed talk
When he first signed up, he wanted to go for the full 20 years, but we had to talk him into four. He knew the military, he knew what was involved with it the separation, the risks.
impression typing
When I was in England, I had seen advertisements about typing agencies; I had learned that if you really want to make a good impression, you should have your manuscript well typed. Chinua Achebe
impression might offering site unless visitors
Unless the first impression is favorable, visitors will be out of your site before they even know that you might be offering more than your competitors.
impression knows lord people poster watched weight
Lord knows I'm not the poster child for eating right and exercising, so I don't want to give that impression at all! This is the same person who people have watched have a weight problem in her teens, so come on! Kim Fields
impression
The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents. Vaclav Klaus
impression leave talk took year
Mr. el Hage didn't leave an impression when it took a year to talk about him to the government.
impression orleans recovery
My impression of New Orleans is this: That there is a recovery on the way, George H. W. Bush
impression
My first impression was that it was really cold.
impression listen maine
My first impression is they really didn't listen to Maine people. J. J. Johnson
impression positively
I even have the impression that we will be positively surprised.
liberties miss
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
system word
We feel that the system will get the word out when it's needed.
systematic mental-illness institutions
The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness. Ashley Montagu
system weakness
There is a weakness in the system somewhere,
systems
I think you'll see very aggressively priced systems out there. Paul Otellini
system
We've got to have just one system . . . it's a no-brainer.
systems weather
Fortunately, the weather did end up cooperating, and it's all systems go.
systems-change consciousness individual
As one individual changes, the system changes. Ram Dass
system talking
There is no new system in place. I don't know what you're talking about. Bill Belichick
system
We need a better dredging system that we have now.