Quotes 121 till 140 of 496.
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For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.
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For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.
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For what is more glorious than music, which modulates the heavenly system with its sonorous sweetness, and binds together with its virtue the concord of nature which is scattered everywhere?
Variae, Bk. 2, no. 40; p. 38. -
Fortunately the Italian people has not yet accustomed itself to eat many times a day, and possessing a modest level of living, it feels deficiency and suffering less.
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Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty.
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Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation's freight rail system create many problems.
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From a systematic standpoint, I think that capitalism is the best system. I can spend a lot of time explaining why I like communism, but it is actually not a good solution. Nor is socialism. So, capitalism is the right model.
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From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition.
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God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.
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He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.
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He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.
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Heck, nobody gets along perfectly. But what we have is respect for one another. We have a system where one guy can veto anything.
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Hedonic Engineering - The human nervous system studying and improving itself: intelligence studying and improving intelligence. Why be depressed, dumb, and agitated when you can be happy, smart, and tranquil?
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Hillary Clinton is listening to the scientists who tell us that - unless we act boldly and transform our energy system in the very near future - there will be more drought, more floods, more acidification of the oceans, more rising sea levels.
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How ironical that it is by means of speech that man can degrade himself below the level of dumb creation - for a chatterbox is truly of a lower category than a dumb creature.
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How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity.
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However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.
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However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.
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Humanity is the great leading feature of the mild and beneficent system of Christianity, and what has tended to render it such an inestimable blessing to mankind.
rede van 17 april 1794 -
Humans have always unknowingly affected all Universe by every act and thought they articulate or even consider.... Realistic, comprehensively responsible, omni-system-considerate, unselfish thinking on the part of humans does absolutely affect human destiny.
Critical Path (1981)Richard Buckminster Fuller
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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