#sophistication

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication. ↗

— George Santayana

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Being a Chicano in Hollywood, my experience is that you're not given credit for any sophistication... You're just kind of some guy that just crossed the border, you know, on the back of a truck and that's it. ↗

— Cheech Marin

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The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium. ↗

— Rand Beers

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I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence. ↗

— Christopher Hampton

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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face. ↗

— Iain Glen

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