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One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.
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One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
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One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
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One of the strongest and most persistent elements in national development has been that inheritance of political traditions and usages which the new settlers brought with them.
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One of the symptoms of a declining social order is that its members have to give most of their time to politics, rather than to the real tasks of economic production, in an attempt to patch up the cracks already appearing from the 'inner contradictions' of such a system.
Source: In Defence Of Politics Ch. 5, A Defence Of Politics Against Technology, p -
One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.
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One of the things that was most shocking to me about starting to work in the funeral industry is just how industrial the environment is.
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One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
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One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.
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One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.
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Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom. A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation.
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Open your refrigerator door, and you summon forth more light than the total amount enjoyed by most households in the 18th century. The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
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Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
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Orchestras have often been used to conjure up the natural world: Swans, sharks, trout, but not, as far as I know, the often maligned jellyfish.
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