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civilization history moral nice record
K is for Kenghis Khan. He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere. Harlan Ellison
civilization local pillar
I was a glassy-eyed undergraduate. It was a pillar of local civilization. Stewart Brand
civilization lasts analysis
In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply. Will Durant
civilization long achievement
what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization? Rose Macaulay
civilization greek conscious
Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious. W. H. Auden
civilization information viruses
The model of modern Western civilization is the virus: the pure bit of information, which turns its environment into endless reproductions of itself. Ursula K. Le Guin
civilization decline fragmentation
Fragmentation occurs when a civilization is in decline. Robert Payne
civilization mind example
It is the habitual carriage of the umbrella that is the stamp of Respectability. Robinson Crusoe was rather a moralist than a pietist, and his leaf-umbrella is as fine an example of the civilised mind striving to express itself under adverse circumstances as we have ever met with. Robert Louis Stevenson
civilization modern umbrella
It is not for nothing, either, that the umbrella has become the very foremost badge of modern civilization--the Urim and Thummim of respectability. . . . So strongly do we feel on this point, indeed, that we are almost inclined to consider all who possess really well-conditioned umbrellas as worthy of the Franchise.
significant aspect catastrophe
As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish. Eric Alterman
significant-things feelings world
To the Suprematist the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, meaningless; the significant thing is feeling, as such, quite apart from the environment in which it is called forth. Kazimir Malevich
significant turns turn-on
Don't turn on monitization, typically, until it's going to be significant. Philip J. Kaplan
significant
To you to live a significant life, you have to become intentional. John C. Maxwell
significant-things ideas want
Significant things often happen when you are present. Things come to you, and then you respond to what is required. The response very often comes without a premeditated idea of what you want. It is simply a response to the situation. Eckhart Tolle
significant-things people may
There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most. Alain de Botton
significant-things names achievement
Nobody has achievements like this ... you cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none. Brian Mulroney
significant-change way doe
Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth. Dennis Weaver
significant 1960s publishing
All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers. Donald E. Westlake
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What you're seeing right now with Katrina mirrors a lot of what the government does not do for families of Guard and Reserve soldiers: Throwing money at abstract concepts they love to do that but they really don't know how many of these families are suffering, Peter Duffy
abstract form abstraction
Even an abstract form has to have a likeness. Willem de Kooning
abstract appeals form
The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal. Wassily Kandinsky
abstract canyon experience longer notion people restoring
Restoring the canyon is no longer an abstract notion now that people can actually experience its beauty.
abstract concrete language words
Our language is polarized. Concrete words are usually the language of poets. Abstract words are usually the language of politicians.
abstract art calls form regimes suspicious
Calls for the simplification of abstract or allusive art have always come from governments suspicious of artists themselves. This is why totalitarian regimes have always legislated some form of realism.
abstract circumstance might speculate wise
I really don't think it would be wise to speculate in an abstract way about the circumstances in which it might be on the agenda. Jack Straw
abstract art classic impressed oil paintings people style
I'm just really impressed by oil paintings - I don't see how people do it! That's the style I like: classic oil paintings. Abstract art just isn't my thing. Brittany Howard
abstract became combining created drawing headline image together words
In 1971, I put together the 'Johnny Face' drawing as a concept, with the words as part of an image in a circle. Combining my abstract drawing with the headline 'Crazy World Ain't It' created an emblem and became a button.