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«We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.»
Author: Stephen Hawking
(Physicist)
| About:
Mankind,
Understanding,
Universe
| Keywords:
advanced, breed, minor, minors, minor planet, Monkeys, planet
«Women's sexy underwear is a minor but significant growth industry of late-twentieth-century Britain in the twilight of capitalism.»
Author: Angela Carter
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
Britain, growth industry, minor, of late, sexy, The Twilight, twentieth, twentieth century, twilight, underwear
«When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we have asserted, are the fruits of freedom, while we should have been the first to know that this kind of ''happiness'' has been an unmixed blessing only in this country, and it is a minor blessing compared with the truly political freedoms, such as freedom of speech and thought, of assembly and association, even under the best conditions.»
Author: Hannah Arendt
(Philosopher, Political scientist)
| Keywords:
assembly, asserted, association, dispel, economic freedom, enterprise, freedoms, freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, free association, free enterprise, fruits, minor, monstrous, Political freedom, unmixed, well-being
«We also often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.»
«Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaint.»
Author: William Osler
(Physician)
| Keywords:
aggravation, aggravations, annoyed, complaint, consume, draught, draughts, extra, minor, soot, taciturnity