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Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#anxiety #definitely #essentially #exists #humiliating

There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it is far better than a one-man rule situation. ↗

— James Bovard

#benefits #better #dictatorial #far #government

Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#another #closely #cure #egotism #excessive

It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#agents #bribe #care #come #conduct

Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have. ↗

— David Bowie

#absolute #challenging #confront #confrontation #corpse

If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn't be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#because #country #defense #essential #here

Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate... We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#democratic #economic #economic prosperity #education #hearing

The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an Assistant Professorship at the University of Minnesota, which had a good biochemistry department. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#assistant #biochemistry #completed #department #essentially

Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#essential #every #make #move #operations

I love that sense of change that you'd get in pop music every three minutes, every four minutes. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#every #four #get #i #i love