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civilization people relaxation
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. Bertrand Russell
civilization competition records
Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition. T Bone Burnett
civilization long neurosis
But the center can be a harmful place for one who has lived so long on the edge.... Normality is the Great Neurosis of civilization. Tom Robbins
civilization comfort exciting
Western civilization was declining too fast for comfort, but too slowly to be very exciting.
civilization neurosis normality
Normality is the Great Neurosis of civilization.
civilization nests stones
Virtually every advancement made by our species since civilization first peeked out of its nest of stone has been initiated by lone individuals, mavericks who more often than not were ignored, mocked, or viciously persecuted by society and its institutions.
civilization aggression impediments
The inclination to aggression constitutes the greatest impediment to civilization. Sigmund Freud
civilization individuality liberty
The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.
civilization guilt different
The different religions have never overlooked the part played by the sense of guilt in civilization. What is more, they come forward with a claim...to save mankind from this sense of guilt, which they call sin.
poetry poverty instinct
A person born with an instinct for poverty. Elbert Hubbard
poetry literature language
Not only every great poet, but every genuine, but lesser poet, fulfils once for all some possibility of language, and so leaves one possibility less for his successors. T. S. Eliot
poetry language states
Poetry is the language of a state of crisis. Stephane Mallarme
poetry
The meaning of poetry has no sureness of direction; is like the sling, it is not under control. Rumi
poetry age
It was at that age that poetry came in search of me. Pablo Neruda
poetry feels anything-is-possible
I feel that anything is possible in a poem. Mark Strand
poetry nouns verbs
Poetry is all nouns and verbs. Marianne Moore
poetry way empty
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that. Mary Oliver
poetry shepherds lambs
The only gift is a portion of thyself . . . the poet brings his poem; the shepherd his lamb. . . . Ralph Waldo Emerson
decline peak since
This is really a resumption of the 22-cent decline since the peak price, back on May 21, Trilby Lundberg
decline fall far helping offset past peak
We're past the peak and on the way down, but how far down we don't know. However, the kiwi's fall is helping and it will offset some of the decline in prices. Steve Edwards
decline economic expansion general line modest since trend weakness
Still, the one-month modest decline in the index is in line with the general trend of economic expansion since 9/11 (terrorist attacks) and the weakness of 2002.
decline domestic either exchange global investment investors pressures rate spending zealand
The decline in the exchange rate will either be gradual, as domestic spending pressures ease, or it will be more abrupt as global investors reassess New Zealand as an investment destination.
decline expect fourth growth rebound slow
The decline in productivity was a quirk of the slow growth of GDP growth in the fourth quarter, which we expect to rebound in the first quarter.