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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
entirely persons poor remain
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
entire performance team
The performance of the entire team was good, Luiz Scolari
entire focus forward good looking practice ready week
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
entire points second struggled
We struggled again. It was one of those nights. We only scored (seven) points the entire second half. John Gray
entire essential life projects work
For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
entire festival gulf home pound
We want to pound home the idea that the festival is for the entire Gulf region.
entire numbers ranked talked undefeated
We have never talked about being ranked No. 1 or being undefeated at all the entire season. Those numbers aren't important to us.
entire fans program stadium support wearing
We want our fans to show their support for our program by wearing green. We want the entire stadium in green. Mark Driscoll
entirety imagining interested kinds life looking research woman
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
eventually joke trying
We were trying to joke around as much as possible. Well, as much as you could in that . . . eventually it got really not funny. Steve Jocz
eventually fighting fights-and-fighting forward good population problem program stay steps straight taking
We're making progress, but we'd still like to see the population get lower. The problem we've been fighting is that they've had two straight years of good reproduction. So it's kind of like taking two steps forward and one back. But we think if we stay with the program we have in place, we'll eventually get there.
eventually hike last likely next rate remain unwind view work
We remain of the view that next week's rate hike will not be the Fed's last work this cycle. Indeed, they will likely eventually unwind all of last fall's crisis-induced easing.
eventually
We're going to get better. We're eventually going to get over the hump.
eventually paid
When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid morefor what we do. Zig Ziglar
eventually given highest individual pass people realize stakes tests
What a lot of people don't realize is these tests are given in preparation for the 10th-grade GQE. That's the one with the highest stakes for individual students. They have to eventually pass that to graduate.
eventually extend five four legs
With the legs that extend on it, he has an 18-foot reach, and it also can go six-feet down, so we started skimming the water, skimming the ground, then eventually we're down to four to five feet.
eventually miss positive projects
There's not always going to be something out there for you, especially not a positive role, so once you get up there and start being well known, you can't just think projects will come to you. You have to start doing your own projects because if you don't, you'll miss out, and eventually your fame will be over. Keke Palmer
eventually fear history human mass power seek throughout
Throughout human history there have been those who seek power through fear and mass murder, ... But eventually all of them - every one - has fallen. Donald Rumsfeld
found presence-of-god absolutes
True and absolute freedom is only found in the presence of God.
found frustrating
I never found it frustrating not speaking. David Selby
founders humans
The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them. David McCullough
found industry bits
It's changing a bit, but the thing in LA is everyone is either in the industry, or knows someone who is in the industry. So, they don't let on that they recognize you, that's what I've found out. Catherine Bell
found late post scandal whatsoever yesterday
The Post found out about this late yesterday afternoon. They had no inkling whatsoever a scandal was brewing.
found good help jason jefferson job richard struggled
We struggled with Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson but we found a way to help each other and I think we did a good job tonight. Mehmet Okur
found friendly offer ourselves quickly shocked together
We are making a friendly offer to Reynolds, ... We were shocked when we found out that Alcoa had made its offer and we assembled ourselves as quickly as we could to put together this proposal.
foundation emotion reason
Emotion is the foundation of reason. David Brooks
foundation donation
I am the donation to the foundation. Baron Davis
friendship wine flames
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. Charles Dickens
friendship christmas new-year
Many merry Christmases, many happy New Years. Unbroken friendships, great accumulations of cheerful recollections and affections on earth, and heaven for us all.
friendship relationship goodbye
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.
friendship adversity flames
The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.
friendship adversity ties
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
friends true-friend book
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy.
friendship said my-friends
"Do not repine, my friends," said Mr. Pecksniff, tenderly. "Do not weep for me. It is chronic."
friends wise mean
In our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might say, well does that mean that you should never have a lost person as your friend? No, I wouldn't say that. But you can't have the same intimacy with a lost person that you can with a godly person in whom the Holy Spirit is living. Charles Stanley
friendship illusion invisible
These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless, and parting with them is like parting with invisible best friends. Alanis Morissette
hurricane intention june people start
We want people to know we are on schedule, that June 1 (the start of hurricane season) is obtainable and it is our intention to do that.
hurricanes strikes harder
Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S. Charles Rangel
hurricane looks major turn
Unfortunately, it looks like Hurricane Bertha is making a major turn for the worse,
hurricanes wave form
Thought and beauty, like a hurricane or waves, should not know conventional, delimited forms. Anton Chekhov
hurricane people wondered
With the hurricane and all some people wondered if the show was still on,
hurricane incidents katrina major police power several
Several major police incidents were not in any 100-day plan. Hurricane Katrina wasn't in any 100-day plan. The DWP power outage was not in any 100-day plan.
hurricane mass political politics reality
The political reality is that seismic safety, like hurricane protection, is not a mass politics issue, Peter May
hurricane music musicians people share stop treasure
We're not going to let a hurricane stop our music. This music is too important to the musicians and people of New Orleans, and to the people of the world. This music is our treasure and we want to share it.
hurricane running
We started up with no problem. We were back up and running by the end of the weekend, when the hurricane had passed.
interested start sure talking
We want to start talking (soon) and make sure we let them know we want them. They've let us know they're very interested in talking.
interested
We are at capacity. We are interested in getting new equipment. John Parsons
interested quick safe using
We're interested in using it if the waivers are in place and it's a safe alternative, ... This is not a quick fix. It could be a multi-year process.
interested spend time uses
We're interested in knowing, ... how much each one of you uses the Internet. How much time do you spend on it? Judy Woodruff
interested parties solution
We?re in discussions with other interested parties ... to see what kind of solution we could come up with.
interested plays son
We have a son that plays for one of the schools. I'm very interested in men's basketball. Charles Clarke
interested whether
whether or not I'd be interested is a whole other issue. Rod Paige
interested movies
When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies. Park Chan-wook
interested
We're so interested in it because it's different for everyone. Joyce Brothers
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude.
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
security
There is no security for those who seek it outside of themselves. Byron Katie
security
The security of the woman is the security of society. Atifete Jahjaga
security-and-freedom people liberty
People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both. Benjamin Franklin
security-measures security
Effective security measures do not come cheap. Arlen Specter
security-systems people world
A colleague once told me that the world was full of bad security systems designed by people who read Applied Cryptography Bruce Schneier
security-systems people links
People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems.
security
Security is a concern, ... It is a priority. Alberto Gonzales
security-guards ideas two
Every head turned to see two more security guards appear, each holding a Bagshaw by the back of the neck (which might have been considerably less conspicuous had the Bagshaws not been dressed as chimney sweeps). Kat turned back to Hale. 'The Mary Poppins?' 'Seemed like a good idea at the time. Ally Carter
security
We'd like to have one of them, yeah. You'd always like to have more security and more depth.