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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

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I'm very ditsy and a klutz. I've been known to walk on stage and fall over my dress. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

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For small businesses, regulatory burdens can be overwhelming. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#businesses #overwhelming #regulatory #small #small businesses

It's interesting when you've been a partner with someone for so long. So now to sing solo and starting all over again I am learning that I am more bodacious than I thought. I don't know where it's coming from but I am glad. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#am #been #coming #glad #i

Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#along #comes #discovered #films #gave

Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

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At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places. ↗

— Peter Singer

#cultures #descriptive #develop #different #different cultures

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul. ↗

— Matthew Kelly

#rediscover-catholicism #catholicism

I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy. ↗

— Peter Singer

#anywhere #calling #democracy #dominated #elections