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civilization roots leisure
At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure. Charles de Gaulle
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
paper stressful
Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life. Byron Katie
paper economics paper-money
Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power. David Ricardo
paper towels firsts
Automatic paper towel dispensers are a solution to something that was never a problem in the first place. Demetri Martin
paper inspired blank
Blank paper has always inspired me. Daniel Handler
paper examination six
The Ten Commandments should be headed like an examination paper: No more than six to be attempted. Bertrand Russell
paper littles holding-on
In the little hall leading to it was a rack holding various Socialist or radical newspapers, tracts, and pamphlets in very small print and on very bad paper. The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories. Agnes Smedley
paper standards higher
I'd like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make. Bill Watterson
papers seats
Seats and papers have come to the surface. Wayne Smith
paper starts
She starts by making her own paper from pulp. Maria Fernandez
tails influence torpedoes
The head of dullness, unlike the tail of the torpedo, loses nothing of the benumbing and lethargizing influence by reiterated discharges.
tails found lodges
I found Spotted Tail's lodge. He invited me to enter. Buffalo Bill
tails legs want
I work with musicians whose opinions I respect and if they don't like something they don't hold back. They'll say, 'That really sucks' and 'You've lost it' and 'You're no good anymore.' And I crawl away with my tail between my legs and I fear that kind of ridicule, but I want them to like the music I'm bringing to them. Billy Joel
tails looks rabbits
This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail. Beatrix Potter
tails firsts coincidence
First time it's a stranger. Second time its just a coincidence. Third time it's a tail Ally Carter
tails cute-winnie-the-pooh winni-the-pooh
It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it. A. A. Milne
tails accidents bites
Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident. Christopher Paolini
tails coins melancholy
Melancholy and utopia are heads and tails of the same coin. Gunter Grass
tails bengal-tigers ready
The Bengal tiger always has his tail up, ready to devour the opposition. Navjot Singh Sidhu