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Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.


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Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.



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Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us.



Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry.

Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry.



The media, far from being a conspiracy to dull the political sense of the people, could be viewed as a conspiracy to disguise the extent of political indifference.

The media, far from being a conspiracy to dull the political sense of the people, could be viewed as a conspiracy to disguise the extent of political indifference.



America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.



If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.

If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.



Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play.

Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play.



Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?

Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?



If anything remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women.

If anything remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women.



Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them.

Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them.





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Relationships for women are more than taking off the clothes and wearing them back. It is about attachment of emotions, and feelings, but on the other hand, men are like fast and furious.



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She found it curious and frightening that she could deeply dislike someone she didn’t even know. It wasn’t her. At least, it wasn’t how she used to be.



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I can't imagine what my life was before. I can't imagine ever being without you for very long again.



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Journalism is not a profession, but a mission.



Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch me. It doesn't change my attitude toward the text.

Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch me. It doesn't change my attitude toward the text.



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The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.



President Obama trusts in the wisdom of government. I put my trust in the ingenuity and creativity and commitment to hard work of the American people.

President Obama trusts in the wisdom of government. I put my trust in the ingenuity and creativity and commitment to hard work of the American people.



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There's all kinds of ways to wean yourself off of sugar - because it is like an addiction.




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