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The word ''civilization'' to my mind is coupled with death. When I use the word, I see civilization as a crippling, thwarting thing, a stultifying thing. For me it was always so. I don't believe in the golden ages, you see... civilization is the arteriosclerosis of culture.
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The word of the mouth is a very powerful thing and you can say something about someone that is not necessarily true, but people will believe it and it will become a constant reminder and every time that your name is bought up, that will come up.
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The words 'I am...' are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.
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The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.... The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty, especially as the sheep was a black one. Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a d
Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Md., 18 April 1864 -
The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.
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The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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The world moves fast, but change isn't always a good thing when you got it right the first time around.
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The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough.
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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The worst thing any decorator can do is give a client the feeling that he's walking around somebody else's house; the rooms must belong to the owner, not to the decorator; and no rooms can have atmosphere unless they are used and lived in.
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The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.
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The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the Right Honorable Gentleman for four and a half years.
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The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government.
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The worst thing is not that the world is unfree, but that people have unlearned their liberty.
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The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.
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The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
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The worst thing that you can do in terms of bringing a product up to the market is to be two days after someone else has brought a similar product to the international market-It's dead.
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The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done.
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