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«In the realm of thought every person performs innumerable abortions each minute of the waking day»
Author: Brendan Francis
| About:
Abortion
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abortions, innumerable, In the Realm, performs, realm, waking
«A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties»
Author: Harriet Martineau
(Essayist, Novelist)
| Keywords:
performs, preoccupied, preoccupies, preoccupy
«If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superior, if every day he solemnly performs ritual acts which he privately finds ridiculous, if he unhesitatingly gives answers to questionnaires which are contrary to his real opinions and is prepared to deny his own self in public, if he sees no difficulty in feigning sympathy or even affection where, in fact, he feels only indifference or aversion, it still does not mean that he has entirely lost the use of one of the basic human senses, namely, the sense of humiliation.»
Author: Vaclav Havel
(Playwright, President)
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aversion, aversions, feigning, humiliation, incompetent, in public, namely, orders, performs, privately, ritual, solemnly, sympathy, unhesitatingly
«Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.»
«But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before Him. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. (Job 5:8-9)»
«A man who sees action in inaction and inaction in action has understanding among men and discipline in all action he performs.»
«He performs worship ceremonies, applies the ceremonial tilak mark to his forehead, and takes his ritual cleansing baths; he pulls out his knife, and demands donations.»
«Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich: something for nothing»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
gambled, gambles, gambling, performs, promises
«Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty - the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.»
«If a householder moulds himself according to the circumstances just like nature moulds Herself according to seasons and performs his Karma then only shall he acquire happiness. One who does this successfully gains in all walks of life.»
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