#poses

Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes. ↗

— George Mason

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Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future. ↗

— Julius Sterling Morton

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He wanted Rachel to be his wife, his lover, the centre of his whole world; a girlfriend implied that he would see her from time to time, that she would have some kind of independent existence away from him, and he didn't want that at all. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#love

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

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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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