Irving Babbitt Quotes
Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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I think I need security.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
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Take good care of our fragile planet.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
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The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions.
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As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.
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It's tough, but I have to remember that this is my passion and what I love, and that's how I keep the nerves from kicking in.
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When Joy Division started, I was scared to death of having to get a normal day job.
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The house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace
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There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't sit still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. They range the field and rove the flood, And they climb the mountain's crest; Their's is the curse of the gypsy blood, And they don't know how to rest.
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Singing shows are fun. Every viewer has their own opinion. We all know whether we think a voice sounds good or not. There's a play-along element. All these shows can be supported.
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Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.