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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
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I was a glassy-eyed undergraduate. It was a pillar of local civilization. Stewart Brand
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In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply. Will Durant
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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
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Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious. W. H. Auden
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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
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Fragmentation occurs when a civilization is in decline. Robert Payne
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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
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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.
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He could have tackled the unfair tax system. He could have made the environment a priority. He could have faced up to the pensions crisis. He could have addressed the problem of personal debt. He has declined to do any of these. This is a legacy from which it will be difficult for him to escape. Sir Campbell
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The only thing that can stop further declines in the market today is a tame ISM figure and lower oil prices,
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Hardware, software and semiconductors are the three top-performing groups right now, and there has been a decline in oil prices. These things are pushing the markets up. Hugh Johnson
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I think the price decline pressure is gradually easing.
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We feel hopeful there will be a reversal of decline in enrollment.
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The purpose of pay phones was to serve people in motion. Wireless phones now serve that same purpose, which is why we're seeing a decline in pay phones throughout the United States.
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When, in the decline of Life, I gratify the fond wish of my heart in retiring from public labors, and find the language of approbation and fervent prayers for future happiness following that event, my heart expands with gratitude and my feelings beco George Washington
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Recycling what has worked in the past is a defensive strategy that is working, and it has reversed sales declines for the retailer.
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If you look at the historical volatilities of the rand you'll find they have declined through the year.