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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.
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
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
classical enjoy people theatre
The people who enjoy classical music, opera, even classical ballet, would come to classical theatre if it were well-acted and imaginatively presented. John Wright
classical definitely dominance growth jazz seeing
We still see the dominance of rap, R&B, alternative punk, and pop. But we are definitely seeing growth in jazz and classical music. W. Hull
classic course developed dolphins looking plan public swim truer
What the public wasn't envisioning was a swim through, swim with the dolphins kind of thing. They were looking for a truer aquarium, so the plan has developed into a classic aquarium with of course interactive features.
classical kid might music people terrified
We want people to know that classical music is for everyone. A parent or kid might be terrified of this music, but after they come to us, they'll never be scared of classical music again.
classic married reader
Reader, I married him. Charlotte Bronte
classic said direct
Why don't they just take him out?" I asked. I'm not politically minded, as I guess you can tell. Mr. Cataliades was smiling at me. "So direct, so classic," he said. "So American. Charlaine Harris
classical free ideas pagan rather religious secular thinkers work
Secular thinkers have no more been able to work free of the centuries-old Judeo-Christian culture than Christian theologians were able to work free of their inheritance of classical and pagan thought. The process... has not been the deletion and replacement of religious ideas but rather the assimilation and reinterpretation of religious ideas. M. H. Abrams
classical grew knew music
It was very interesting in my world, because I grew up as a fan and I did not know that there was a thing called R&B, pop, country, classical - I just knew that I loved music. Lionel Richie
classic extended guess sort
When I was in school, and even after, I did a lot of classic plays, and I guess it sort of extended into film. Andre Holland
interesting challenges trying
You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience. Alan Rickman
interesting acting process
What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.
interesting enemy brain
I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death. Alan Bradley
interesting interviews want
I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part. Al Pacino
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.
interesting waiting groups
I do not always find the streets interesting, so I wait until I see picturesque groups and those that compose well in relation to the whole. Childe Hassam
interesting challenges important
The work is challenging, interesting and an important part of our legal system. David Minge
interesting people perfect
The most interesting people are never perfect. David McCullough
interesting people notes
It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest. David Korten
sincere substitutes ardent
There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness. Charles Dickens
since stimulated
We started giving presentations at practitioner conferences in 1986, and since then all of our derivatives research has been stimulated by contact with practitioners. John Hull
sincere loses
How can we lose when we're so sincere? Charles M. Schulz
since
I've always been interested in singing, and I've always been singing and dancing since I was little. Lindsay Lohan
since
What they have done is insufficient. It's now two years since the decision.
since uncharted
We're in uncharted territory. We haven't experienced something like this since the 1980's.
since
You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid. Isla Fisher
since time
I say to my mother all the time, 'You're the child.' And she says, 'Yeah, you're the mother.' I've been that way with her since I was 11. Kristy McNichol
since
Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel. Thomas Steinbeck
spanish written
I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem. Dan Wakefield
spanish-philosopher
Be content to act, and leave the talking to others. Baltasar Gracian
spanish-philosopher time withdraw
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
spanish verbs
Sometimes you can do things with Spanish - like verbs and genders - easier than you can in English. Juan Felipe Herrera
spanish
I know how to say 'faster' and 'defend' in Bosnian, Spanish and Creole.
spanish-inquisition inquisition
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Oscar Wilde
war ambition mean
For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the end, the bloated aggrandizement of the few.
war winning games
War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
war hands fog
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body.
war writing fighting
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.
war long body
Wars are to the body politic, what drams are to the individual. There are times when they may prevent a sudden death, but if frequently resorted to, or long persisted in, they heighten the energies only to hasten the dissolution.
war heart character
Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to have withheld? Why am I making a friend of this woman beside me, in spite of the whispers against her that I hear in my heart?
war believe blow
I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth.
war believe writing
There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet? Charles Stross
war writing spy
I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.