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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
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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. Aiden Wilson Tozer
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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
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We are seeing an incredible growth in demand for wind turbines as more countries seek to expand their renewable energy production to help reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and improve their energy security. Robert Gleitz
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We are potentially in the final throes of this round of talks at the World Trade Organization, which was meant to help poor countries but has gone way off track. What is needed from Europe now is not self-interest and intransigence but genuine concessions that will put trade at the service of development. Jeremy Hobbs
countries italy name
There are countries where the organizers don't know what they're doing or what's going on - but I wouldn't name Italy and Spain! Robert Smith
countries move
There are countries that want only gold. We may move to that at some point. Chris Rudge
countries looked others simply
There are countries that have collaborated actively, and there are others who have tolerated. Others have simply looked the other way. Dick Marty
countries external fit free function grow history influence interested manner ways
There are countries like Paraguay and others, their neighboring countries, they're all interested in being able to grow and function in a manner that's free of external influence and to do things in ways that fit their history and their circumstance, Donald Rumsfeld
countries heard people
There are countries I've never heard of that have like 20 people playing, Paul Nelson
countries exchanges hold question ready stand
We stand ready to hold exchanges with other countries on the question of the exchange rate. Yang Jiechi
countries denied ground kiss people seeing
When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have. Sugar Ray Leonard
energy film glances
On film you put all your energies into a single glance. Alan Rickman
energy capacity plans
My plans have always exceeded my capacities and energies C. Wright Mills
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We are looking for the energy sector to be the odds on favorite for market leadership that could reawaken the sleeping IPO giant. David Menlow
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We stressed in the locker room before the game that we wanted to come out with energy and intensity, and we didn't do that right at the start. But I was happy with us extending our lead and making that run. Tyler Brand
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When you watch film, you see we're maybe not getting to spots quick enough. Or there are some things where we lack the energy that I know when we get rest that we have. So we'll see. Flip Saunders
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A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to write a novel might resolve to write one sentence each day. Or a person who wants to start running might resolve to run for one minute. Gretchen Rubin
energy done county
If I had the energy, I would have done it all over the county. Edward Hopper
energy plant feels
For my own health, I thought it was better to eat a plant based diet. I'm going to be 60 soon and I have boundless energy and I feel really good, so I'm all for it. Ed Begley, Jr.
energy feminine grew
I grew up around a lot of feminine energy. David Walton
india great-things
And then a great thing in my life was going to India. Beatrice Wood
india born
I was born in India - but never really lived there. Aasif Mandvi
indian left less people politics realize
I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit. Larry Brilliant
india military ruled
Military intervention by India in Sri Lanka is ruled out, Jaswant Singh
india-and-pakistan forever looking-forward
I am looking forward and I am hoping that I will be the catalyst that makes India and Pakistan live for peace forever. Asif Ali Zardari
indians
But we must not try to drive the Indians too fast in effecting these changes. George Crook
india share stance support
We share Pakistan's stance on this. India also does not support a Twenty20 world tournament. Sharad Pawar
india sickness terrorism
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Abdul Kalam
indian-leader mind
The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included. Bodhidharma
nuclear weapons acquisition
The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it. Benjamin Netanyahu
nuclear problem
We have never had a problem with the nuclear reactor and it has been here for 38 years. Todd Simmons
nuclear weapons mass
If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we'd market them, too. Alan Sugar
nuclear technology valuable
U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected. Charles Bass
nuclear-terrorism forever suffering
Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and unwanted change in the world forever. This prospect should compel all of us to act to prevent such a catastrophe. Ban Ki-moon
nuclear-disarmament world path
Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world. Ban Ki-moon
nuclear looks comedy
The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the same afterwards. Billy Connolly
nuclear foundation trouble
While politicians, clergy, creators of advertisements, and other worthies assert stoutly that the family is the foundation of society, the nuclear family, as an institution, is currently in grave trouble. Jane Jacobs
nuclear bombs physicist
The one great gift to humankind from our nuclear physicists has been the nuclear bomb. How can we ever thank them? Edward Abbey
prospects
We have prospects now who can take all of the space. Robert Krueger
prospects success
I think the prospects of success would have been diminished. Patrick Barry
prospects short
There are not many prospects in the short term. John Carioba
prospect sure taking time valuable
We're taking our time with him. He's too valuable a prospect not to take your time with him. We want to make sure everything's done right and he can come back as well as can be expected. Kevin Rand
prospect
There has been no breakthrough to this point, and the prospect is not bright. Kenichiro Sasae
prospects reached view
You had reached a pessimistic view about your company's prospects with the upcoming (copyright) case. Richard Cobden
prospects
In the Netherlands, we have had a difficult year and we are now getting out of this difficulty. So we have now growth prospects for 2014. Mark Rutte
prospects school
I didn't have very rosy prospects in school, Paul Sereno
welcomed
Man, Dick Dale shreds. He's welcomed to anybody's bar mitzvah. John Zorn
welcomed
First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants. Samuel P. Huntington
welcomed
The way we were welcomed here is just unbelievable. Raymond Domenech
welcomed
Thanks, when they are expressed, are often more embarrassing than welcomed Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson