#poses

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else that prevents us from living freely and nobly. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#freedom #materialism #posessions #freedom

Being natural is one of the most irritating poses I know in people. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#i #irritating #know #most #natural

I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that. ↗

— Helen Suzman

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Man proposes, and God disposes. ↗

— Ludovico Ariosto

#god #man #proposes

This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set up only in states where a significant response can be achieved, for a letter movement necessarily presupposes a strong organization. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability. ↗

— Ehud Barak

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I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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We believe you will not have to pay more than the current rate structure proposes - which is, for 50 percent of the public, nothing; for another 25 percent, only a 10 percent increase; and for the remaining 25 percent, a 34 percent increase. ↗

— Gray Davis

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Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

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Every orientation presupposes a disorientation. ↗

— Hans Magnus Enzensberger

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