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It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all. ↗

— George Gissing

#because #better #better things #capacity #individuals

Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be listened to and heard and thus are able to effect change on an international level. ↗

— Bill Dixon

#acquired #array #change #due #effect

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man’s cruelty and baseness. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#courtesy #manners #politeness #art

The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene. ↗

— Edward Dmytryk

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Food is not your best friend or enemy. ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

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The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

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In light of these facts Republicans have put forth a variety of proposals to make Social Security remain solvent for future generations. But up to this point, Democrats have chosen to oppose our good faith efforts and insist that indeed there is no problem. ↗

— John Doolittle

#democrats #efforts #facts #faith #forth

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#beneath #emotion #even #everything #far

When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times. ↗

— Illeana Douglas

#collapse #doing #felt #home #like

Looking long term, a stronger, wealthier, and more stable Central America next door benefits the United States' own safety, security, and economy. ↗

— James T. Walsh

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