#refine

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Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.


Robert Millikan


#consists #human #multiplication #refinement #wants

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.


Donald G. Mitchell


#disturbing #gentleness #great #means #refinement

If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.


T. Boone Pickens


#hard #oil #operating #refinery #use

Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.


Frederick William Robertson


#broken #expectations #hopes #improved #men

Chestnuts are my favorite ingredient to use in the fall, especially for the holidays. I always find that they are meaty, hearty and have a mysterious refinement when cooked or roasted over sea salt.


Geoffrey Zakarian


#chestnuts #cooked #especially #fall #favorite

The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly with our mind, our consciousness.


Robert Delaunay


#consciousness #directly #eye #mind #most

As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.


James Ellroy


#acclaim #built #chance #created #critical

The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet, sometimes as big as King Kong and so on. And so there can be a real riot out there, or it can be so refined.


Evelyn Glennie


#beautiful #big #create #emotions #king

A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque.


Juan Goytisolo


#baroque #contemporary #epochs #expressions #findings

Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.


Lee H. Hamilton


#defend #democracy #makes #our #refine