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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#attraction #cannot #circumstance #coupled #england

When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#anything #everything #feeling #first #first love

Feel good about linking hands in human chain for good causes. ↗

— Russell Baker

#causes #chain #feel #feel good #good

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#contrary #even #happiness #him #his

An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#collapse #day #his #lazy #most

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#conclude #democracy #feelings #forced #idealistic

A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#both #feature #humanitarian #lot #masses

The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#defended #encroachments #humanities #need #needed

The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#also #civilization #effectively #european #itself

All of our children have so much potential. All of our children deserve a chance at life. ↗

— Joe Baca

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