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Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.


Brian Aldiss


#civilization #distance #himself #his #man

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods.


Kate Chopin


#among #because #bought #chiefly #contemplating

I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources.


Yvon Chouinard


#accepted #believe #blame #capitalism #change

It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages.


Bainbridge Colby


#burden #danger #difficulty #duty #even

The biggest deal for me was that all 24 winners are placed on the Billboard CD of the Year, which went out to 500 of the biggest Music Reps in the business, from radio and press to management and booking.


Arthur Godfrey


#billboard #booking #business #cd #deal

A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the 'I' in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear.


Edmond Rostand


#ear #i #instead #kiss #loving

Healthy debate has been replaced by automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a filibuster - a la 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' Robust debate is necessary in a democratic society. Instead, our discourse has been relegated to media spin by expert entertainers.


Douglas Wilder


#automatic #been #debate #democratic #democratic society

People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be that good to be much better. Any time you stand in line at the D.M.V. and look around, you're like, Oh, my God, I wish all these people were replaced by computer drivers.


Marc Andreessen


#around #bad #better #cars #computer

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life.


John James Audubon


#care #caught #charge #commanded #fever

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.


W. H. Auden


#consumed #dish #entertainment #food #forgotten






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