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«`Bourgeois', I observed, `is an epithet which the riff-raff apply to what is respectable, and the aristocracy to what is decent.'»
Author: Anthony Hope
(Writer)
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apply, aristocracy, decent, epithet, epithets, observed, respectable, riff, riffs
«. . .little has changed in our New York neighborhoods except the faces, the names, and the languages spoken. The same decent values of hard work and accomplishment and service to city and nation still exist.»
Author: David N. Dinkins
(Mayor, Politician)
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accomplishment, City of New York, decent, face value, languages, neighborhoods, The Faces, The Names
«All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both»
«Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.»
Author: Molly Ivins
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across the board, American union, benefits, board, Corporations, decent, give out, salaries, salary, sets, standards, union, unions, workers
«A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain - then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system?»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| Keywords:
attack, damned, damnedest, decent, equally, eternity, followed, grace, heart attack, heart attacks, in vain, Lord's table, minutes, name, outburst, outbursts, system, the LORD, The name, the system, vain, wick, wicked
«Coolest f-word ever deserves a fucking shout! I mean, why can't all decent men and women call themselves feminists? Out of respect for those who fought for this. I mean, look around, we have this.»
«ABASEMENT, n. A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth of power. Peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
abasement, addressing, appropriate, customary, decent, employee, employer, peculiarly
«Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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Beauty
| Keywords:
bystander, bystanders, decent, graceful, heroic, natural action, natural causes, place setting, The Mark