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The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature. ↗

— William Bartram

#affections #ardent #attachment #faithful #filial

During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#away #character #done #during #i

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#disarmament #does #fifty #follow #follows

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#feelings #formulated #idea #idealism #keeps

By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#by the time #conviction #delivered #everybody #except

More than ever, Romania now needs to see that a force exists that puts an end to Ponta and Antonescu's abuses and coup d'etat. This force is none other than the Romanian people. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#end #ever #exists #force #more

Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#contingent #eternal #fugitive #half #immutable

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#adult #children #demand #festival #funny

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#ahead #blockhead #great #great person #make

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature. ↗

— Bruce Barton

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