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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
collapse discussion few gets hug sit
When he first gets off the plane, I'm going to hug him. Then I'm going to collapse for a few hours, and then we're going to sit down for a long discussion about the consequences. Shatha Atiya
collapse facing financial solution unless within
Unless a solution is found, we may be facing the financial collapse of the PA within two weeks. James Wolfensohn
collapse good happened knew post tried
We knew they were going to collapse on our post players. We just tried to find good looks, and they happened to be from the outside.
collapse happen matter models
Some models say the collapse can be very sudden. It can happen in a matter of months. Alan Stern
collapsed found hit school taken
She collapsed at school and was taken to the hospital, ... That's how we found out she had asthma. It hit us by surprise.
collapse continue details forward looking people quickly sleep talk until
We're looking forward to nailing down the details as quickly as we can. We'll continue to talk until people collapse and even then we could talk in our sleep if we have to.
collapse push tried
We tried to collapse on her and push out of the paint.
collapse dramatic frame time
The real case, as you probably know, went for over 20 years. We had to collapse the time frame just for dramatic purposes.
collapse hurricane katrina lack national suffered suggest
Events like Hurricane Katrina and the Minnesota bridge collapse suggest a national infrastructure that has suffered from lack of tending.
combat enemies forces intelligence shift
We also shift our tactics, we also shift our intelligence and our operational forces to combat the enemies.
combat community corner double greatest law officers together
Working together as a community is the greatest thing we can do to combat these crimes. Even if we double the law enforcement officers that we have today, we still can't have officers on every corner of the street.
combat defense five four playing possible seen
Through our first five games, we have seen four or five possible All-Americans. Our defense has been playing OK, but we need to tighten up some things so we can combat the other team's pitching.
combat conference critically education encourages found help higher ideas inequality policies programs provide reflect seeks students systems tools
Through its two-fold focus, the conference first encourages participants to critically reflect on theoretical ideas about institutionalized discrimination in higher education is and how it is perpetuated today. The conference then seeks to provide tools to help students enact policies and programs and found student organizations that combat systems of inequality in higher education.
combat guys money spend
When these guys are over there, they don't have any place to spend their money. And they get combat pay. So when they come back, they are pretty flush.
combat less lots name railway women
There are lots of women working in the army, lots of construction troops, railway troops, you name it. And the combat troops, well-equipped and well-trained, there are less than 100,000.
combat crime efforts high needed organized
Significant efforts are needed to effectively combat organized crime and corruption, especially at high level. Olli Rehn
combat error free left monuments opinion reason safety stand
Let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it Thomas Jefferson
combat cool good love nice pair sneakers totally wear whether
When I have a good pair of shoes, I wear them over and over. Whether it's nice sneakers or a cool pair of combat boots, splurge on a pair you love that you can wear over and over with totally different outfits. Bethany Mota
current hold public share stop
We want them to stop the current arrangement, share it with the public and hold hearings. Ken Burns
currents
Never be content with your current grasp of the gospel. C. J. Mahaney
currently displaced expect million payroll september time work
There are currently more than a million displaced people, and I don't expect many of them to be back at work by the time of the September payroll survey.
currently level policy problems technical
There are currently many problems at the policy level, the technical level and the administrative level.
current guidance implicit relative seem somewhat steep worry
We still worry that, at the stock's current valuation, implicit expectations seem somewhat steep relative to the guidance we anticipate.
current rise
We still think the fundamentals will come back and rise from current levels.
current good
We're in pretty good shape, considering the current landscape. Jim Copeland
currently dreams excited expected incredibly process region single stars team wildest
We're incredibly excited about this. No one, on my team at least, and no astronomers that I know, could ever in their wildest dreams have expected to find a single region like this with so many stars currently in the process of being built.
current earn expense focus justify market revenue side sure
We have to focus on the revenue side, we have to focus on the expense side and make sure we can earn to justify the current market value. John Thain
fear inspire paradox
There is this paradox in fear: he is most likely to inspire it in others who has none himself!
fear fields abundance
The interests of society often render it expedient not to utter the whole truth, the interests of science never: for in this field we have much more to fear from the deficiency of truth than from its abundance.
fear despise
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
fear-god
He who fears God has nothing else to fear. Charles Spurgeon
fear belief power-of-love
It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love. Alan Paton
fearless church needs
A scared world needs a fearless church.
fear practice people
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot of people. A lot of people turn to something that they hope will liberate them without their having to face themselves. That is impossible. We can't do that. We have to be honest with ourselves. We have to see our gut, our excrement, our most undesirable parts. We have to see them. That is the foundation of warriorship, basically speaking. Whatever is there, we have to face it, we have to look at it, study it, work with it and practice meditation with it. Chogyam Trungpa
fear frightened bodhisattva
Even fear itself is frightened by the bodhisattva's fearlessness.
fear spite
In spite of your fear, do what you have to do. Chin-Ning Chu
parts people please simply teachers
I see a lot of actors that are doing things to please their coaches, their teachers in the past. They say 'No' to parts they should have said 'Yes' to simply because of the opinion of people in their past. I have no one in my past who is judging me and saying, 'Maybe you shouldn't do that.' I'll do it all. Terry Crews
parts truck
We're an International truck dealer, sales, parts and service. Ken Thompson
parts worth
LCS and Communicator are not worth a whole lot without the back end. They have to have the back end in place, or the other parts don't move. Rob Enderle
parts
We don't know what parts are going to be implemented or how we are going to do it yet.
parts
I don't think, as an actress, you want to be beautiful. It's actually a disadvantage because that's not where all the interesting parts lie. Tuppence Middleton
parts strongest
One of the strongest parts to our organization is depth. It allows us to do a lot of things.
parts wherever
You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go for the blues. The blues go but it don't stop. John Lee Hooker
parts people point replace rid shoot willing
I don't think we're at the point where most people are willing to get rid of body parts and replace them, but then again, people who shoot lasers in their eyes come out with better-than-perfect vision. John Scalzi
parts society takes
I don't think it takes much for a cult to be a cult. Many parts of our society are cultish, and you only need a charismatic leader and some teachings, and before you know it, you have a cult. Jerome Flynn
rise-above reason rise-above-it
Faith never goes contrary to reason -- faith simply ignores reason and rises above it.
rise-above
You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above. Bruce Springsteen
rises
Let's see which one rises to the top.
rise-to-power nazism today
If today I stand here as a revolutionary, it is as a revolutionary against the Revolution. Adolf Hitler
rise-to-power poison nazism
Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.
rises
He who rises up to kill us, we will pre-empt it and kill him first. Ariel Sharon
rises
We'll have some bewildering rises and some bewildering, if not shocking, declines. Hugh Johnson
rise schools stadiums tax
Stadiums rise with tax dollars; schools and clinics crumble, in the same city. Grotesque! Ralph Nader
rise technical
I think today's rise is no more than a technical bounce.
spread
We spread things around pretty good, especially in the first quarter. Greg Smith
spreading wide word
We're begging. We're going after any organization that will give us money. We're spreading the word wide and far,
spread
The more we spread the word, the further it will go and more it will change! Jane Goodall
spread ifs
If the knowledge is spread, it cannot be stamped out. Daniel H. Wilson
spread manure
Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around. Brooke Astor
spread virus widely
It confirms what we have thought for a while, that the H5N1 virus is widely spread in Indonesia.
spread
It is full-speed tackling, and we want to see them compete. But we're not going to go out there and do a lot of things that's going to get spread around. Tommy Tuberville
spread vegas
Give Vegas credit. They spread us out and executed.
spread trying
We?re trying to spread out into different communities. We can accommodate a lot of people.
standards asks ifs
Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
standards courses
Of course my standards are out of date! That's why they're called standards.
stand
We want to stand on our two feet.
stand voices
We want our voices to be heard. Us students, we will take action. We will stand up for what we believe.
standing-out boxes outside-the-box
You have to stand outside the box to see how the box can be re-designed. Charles Handy
standing waiting
We're standing by, waiting for them to tell us what to do.
standing today tomorrow wake
Wake up. See what's happening. Today it's me, tomorrow it could be you standing here. It's a place you don't want to stand.
standpoint
Nobody, from that standpoint, is any luckier than I am or will ever be any luckier than I am. It's great. Boomer Esiason
standards heels
Keep your heel, head and standards high. Coco Chanel