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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 dust earth
Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; but faith survives every desolation.
civilization history generations
Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again.
civilization stoicism individual
So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean.
civilization history ruins
The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.
civilization apathy decay
[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely.
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I talked to him. We talked. He said he didn't mean it like it sounded. It wasn't that I was (angry), but I was sad because I've known Dusty since I was 2. Ozzie Guillen
dust earth god man
God made man of the dust of the earth and man makes a god of the dust of the earth Thomas Watson
dust mattress three
It comes with three attachments, one for mattress cleaning, one for dust brush, and a crevice-cleaning tool. Consumer Reports
dust kids time
I don't get a lot of time with my children. My time is precious, and time with my two kids is like gold dust to me. I can't get that time back. Tim Howard
dust talking voice
I am Persephone" she said, her voice thin and papery. "Welcome, demigods. Nico squashed a pomegranate under his boot. "Welcome? After last time, you've got the nerve to welcome me?" I shifted uneasily, because talking that way to a god can get you blasted into dust bunnies. "Um, Nico-" "It's all right," Persephone said coldly. "We had a little family spat." "Family spat?" Nico cried. "You turned me into a dandelion! Rick Riordan
dust circles broken
Tyson charged at the Cyclops leader, Ma Gasket, her chain-mail dress spattered with mud and decorated with broken spears. She gawked at Tyson and started to say, “Who—?” 463/508 Tyson hit her in the head so hard, she spun in a circle and landed on her rump. “Bad Cyclops Lady!” he bell owed. “General Tyson says GO AWAY!” He hit her again, and Ma Gasket broke into dust.
dust arches meteors
Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust. Virginia Woolf
dust names use
Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit. Salman Rushdie
dust wind sky
The body is not important. It is made of dust; it is made of ashes. It is food for the worms. The winds and the waters dissolve it and scatter it to the four corners of the earth. In the end, what we care most for only lasts a brief lifetime, and then there is eternity. Time forever. Millions of worlds are born, evolve, and pass away into nebulous, unmeasured skies; and there is still eternity. Time always. The body becomes dust and trees and exploding fire, it becomes gaseous and disappears, and still there is eternity. Silent, unopposed, brooding, forever. Rudolfo Anaya
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The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable. L. Lionel Kendrick
earth encourages gives positive receptive star talks
He's a star player, but he's down to earth and he's very receptive to the young guys, ... He talks to us. He encourages us, gives us compliments, gives us positive criticism. He's been great.
earth man merely son spirit-and-spirituality strand weave web whatever
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Chief Seattle
earthquake swear
We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation,
earth care weight
And, uh, I did that, and there was nothing more ridiculous to me than finding the weight of the earth because I didn't care how much the earth weighed. Rube Goldberg
earth realizing pleasure
We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings. William Safire
earth want waste
Waste equals food, whether it's food for the earth, or for a closed industrial cycle. We manufacture products that go from cradle to grave. We want to manufacture them from cradle to cradle. William McDonough
earth assuming creation
Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation. William Jennings Bryan
earth goddess just-one
Salma is just one of the great goddesses ever put on this Earth. Woody Harrelson