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The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call. ↗

— Russell Crowe

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I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

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I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it. ↗

— Salvador Dali

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If inflation-adjusted interest rates decline in a given country, its currency is likely to decline. ↗

— Ray Dalio

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Rome had Senators too, that's why it declined. ↗

— Frank Dane

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