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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.
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
covering everywhere lens lose meditating music saturate sort totally
When I'm meditating on an idea, I try to let the idea completely saturate me to the point where I feel like I'm covering myself in it or totally immersing myself in it, so that everywhere I'm looking, everywhere I'm going, it's through the lens of that idea. And that's sort of what I do with the music - I try to lose myself in it. Matisyahu
covering feeling lonely positive start stuff taking team trying whatever
When things aren't going well and they start covering you up and taking our stuff away, it's a very lonely feeling in the pocket, ... You're trying to do whatever you can to make a positive out of it when your team is struggling. And there's not much to do. David Carr
covering ends since talk tight
Since I'm covering the tight end a lot, I wanted to talk to him about what tight ends are thinking. Boss Bailey
covering flat remarkable rocks visible
There are essentially no craters visible at all. Instead, there are rocks and boulders covering much of the body. And then there are the remarkable flat areas.
covering good guys staff sure together work
I feel really good about the guys we've hired. Offensively, we need to get out here as a staff and work together and just make sure we are covering all of our bases.
covering employees mind norm
Keep in mind that covering part-time employees is not the norm in retail.
covering naturally people
I think everyone was pretty stunned. People were crying, naturally ... covering their eyes.
covering deep free outside safety strong
I was deep free safety, or I was strong safety in the box, or covering the slot, or outside covering. I was all over the place. Michael Huff
covering good job local media outlets
I thought the local media outlets did a good job of covering it in advance.
distorted humorous support
He's by Distorted Humor, and we always want to support our own stallions.
distorted finger mid nail scar shove wider
The end of the mid finger on my left hand is wider than normal, the nail distorted and a scar in the end. This was from when I managed to shove it in the path of a mower blade. Neal Asher
distorted gone human issues kinds personally problems seeing seemingly sort subject tendency view
I have always had a tendency to keep enlarging problems which I personally think is the way the world works... that seeing anything one dimensionally on the kinds of political, sort of big issues of human progress is going to be a distorted view of things, which is why over my career I have gone seemingly from subject to subject to subject. Paul Wolfowitz
distorted fair jobs maybe report
I think it's fair to say it'll be the least important or most distorted jobs report in memory. Maybe both.
distorted officers personally somebody war
Both my grandparents were officers in World War Two, and I would be personally offended if somebody distorted their achievements. David Ayer
distorted fan lose mining totally view
If I start mining for opinions on hundreds of websites that have fan forums, I'll be totally distorted in my view of myself. I'll lose myself in all that. Geddy Lee
distorted history knows queer reduced true
Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it must be a true one, not distorted by queer lenses.
distorted except extent left material
I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake. Brian Ferneyhough
distorted effects figures foreign trade
The trade figures are distorted by the effects of foreign re-insurance on the World Trade Center. Nevertheless, international trade is contracting.
immense
We're just one rock surrounded by this immense universe. Matthew Stewart
immense power programs require scientific terrific tool
It is a terrific tool for scientific programs which require immense calculating power.
immense land means men pluto sure trip
I think that the first men to land on Pluto are going to make some very astonishing discoveries. But I am also sure that they will never go there in rockets. They will have to make the immense trip by some more powerful means - like the anti-gravitational drive. Donald A. Wollheim
immense
He has been immense for us this season. Gordon Strachan
immensely organizing prep recipes techniques ways woven
That being said, I often write into recipes techniques I learned in the restaurant kitchen. There are ways of organizing your prep and so on that are immensely useful. Those are woven into all the recipes I do. Sally Schneider
immense match pakistan society taking toll
Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily, and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society. Noam Chomsky
immensely last objective title turn win
My objective is that we want to win a title this year. If it doesn't happen, we are going to be immensely better than last year. It doesn't take that long to turn around a team. Sigi Schmid
immensely satisfying
It is immensely satisfying to see something like that come to fruition, W. S. Gilbert
immense jewish jews
I could not cherish London and not value Jewish London. The contribution of Jews to London is immense - politically, economically, culturally, intellectually, philanthropically, artistically. Ken Livingstone
understanding mind half
It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.
understanding vietnam realizing
As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit themselves such an understanding. Alan Moore
understanding levels fox-news
There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics. David Shuster
understanding safe too-much
This was the consequence of seeing too much and understanding the horrible truth: No one is safe. The world is not manageable. David Sedaris
understanding realizing understood
I'd always thought that I understood this, but lately I realize that what I call "understanding" is basically just fantasizing.
understanding humanity different
What helps you as an actor when it comes to roles is that deeper understanding of so many different fractions of humanity. Because oftentimes, even in comedy, there is conflict. David Koechner
understanding curiosity kind
Understanding is a kind of ecstasy Carl Sagan
understanding joining magnificence
The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
understanding humanity desire
There is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. When you experience mercy, you learn things that are hard to learn otherwise. You see things you can't otherwise see; you hear things you can't otherwise hear. You begin to recognize the humanity that resides in each of us. Bryan Stevenson
war cutting two
This is a story of a period between two World Wars — an interim in which insanity cut loose. Liberty took a nose dive, and humanity was kicked around somewhat. Charlie Chaplin
war differences bombs
I hope we shall abolish war and settle all differences at the conference table I hope we shall abolish all hydrogen and atom bombs before they abolish us first.
war evil spheres
War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true grandeur impossible. Charles Sumner
war age economics
Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable?
war greatness men
The highest greatness, surviving time and stone, is that which proceeds from the soul of man. Monarchs and cabinets, generals and admirals, with the pomp of court and the circumstance of war, in the lapse of time disappear from sight; but the pioneers of truth, though poor and lowly, especially those whose example elevates human nature, and teaches the rights of man, so that "a government of the people, by the people, for the people, may not perish from the earth;" such a harbinger can never be forgotten, and their renown spreads co-extensive with the cause they served so well.
war fall believe
Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto.
war hate men
How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man? Charles Dudley Warner
war greatness genius
Old France, weighed down with history, prostrated by wars and revolutions, endlessly vacillating from greatness to decline, but revived, century after century, by the genius of renewal!
war battle france
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.