#fairs

The best love affairs are those we never had. ↗

— Norman Lindsay

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The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

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Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

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Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

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Desperate affairs require desperate measures. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

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It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame! ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

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The Germanic invasions in the West could not and did not in any way alter this state of affairs. ↗

— Henri Pirenne

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I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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Once again the mastermind was Lionel Curtis, and the earlier Round Table Groups and Institutes of International Affairs were used as nuclei for the new network. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

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Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs. ↗

— Will Rogers

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