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On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger.


Hu Shih


#basis #better #biological #death #decay

Modern Armenia survived only because it was the single province controlled, and protected, by the Russian Empire. The rest of the territory within its historical borders is almost wholly devoid of ethnic Armenians.


John Shimkus


#armenia #armenians #because #borders #controlled

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.


Georg Simmel


#claim #culture #deepest #derive #existence

The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right.


Georg Simmel


#enclose #equal #equal right #formations #great

We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people in developed countries are still, by historical standards, extraordinarily well off.


Peter Singer


#affluence #back #countries #developed #developed countries

Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.


Manmohan Singh


#behind #capitalism #dynamic #force #historically

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.


Elliott Smith


#argument #better #company #doing #historically

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues.


Huston Smith


#back #concern #emphasis #evolved #face-to-face

I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in the present, as long as the story is compelling.


Eric Stoltz


#compelling #future #historical #i #i can

And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.


Lynn Swann


#city #historically #hold #loyalty #opposed






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