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«In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.»
Author: Augusto Roa Bastos
| About:
Humanity,
Nations
| Keywords:
collectively, compensated, compensates, compensating, decadence, deficiencies, exceptional, exists, nations, nation state, point man, Point of, point of reference, reference, references, reference point, remainder, with reference to
«There are eight words or references that light up employers' eyes: languages, computer, experience, achievement, hard-working, overseas experience, flexible, and task-oriented.»
Author: Carol Kleiman
| About:
Words
| Keywords:
Employers, flexible, languages, lighting-up, light up, orient, oriented, orients, overseas, references
«County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell it and I'm not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I'll stop you when...Hello?»
Author: Calvin & Hobbes
| About:
Words
| Keywords:
allowed, counties, county, definition, desk, desks, hello, hellos, library, not allowed, rattle, rattled, rattle off, reference, references, spell, swear, swear off, with reference to
«For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that our real and diverse female bodies can't possibly fit. Without these visual references, each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms. We stop being comparatives. We begin to be unique.»
Author: Gloria Steinem
(Activist, Writer)
| Keywords:
accepted, bathed, bathes, bathing, bathing suit, bodies, bras, commercial, comparative, demands, diverse, female, female body, feminine, gear, geared, gearing, gears, idealize, idealized, idealizing, in gear, possibly, references, reminders, stereotypical, suits, unique, visual, visual image, with reference to
«No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point»
Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
| Keywords:
finite, point of reference, reference, references, reference point, with reference to
«Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.»
Author: Thomas Sowell
(Economist, Writer)
| About:
Bureaucracy,
Government
| Keywords:
gullible, programs, references
«Sanity - that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought»
Author: Erich Fromm
(Philosopher, Psychoanalyst)
| About:
Sanity
| Keywords:
conventional, frame, frame of reference, reference, references, sanity, with reference to
«Consider that thou dost not even understand whether men are doing wrong or not, for many things are done with a certain reference to circumstance. And, in short, a man must learn a great deal to enable him to pass a correct judgment on another man's acts.»
Author: Marcus Aurelius
| Keywords:
circumstance, done with, enable, in short, reference, references, reference to, with reference to
«Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a judgment which seemingly has no reference to conduct as such - the judgment of death»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
| About:
Nature
| Keywords:
as such, reference, references, reference to, seemingly, with reference to
«If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| About:
Devil
| Keywords:
commons, favorable, Hitler, House of, House of Commons, invaded, invades, invading, In the House, reference, references, reference to, the House of Commons, with reference to
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