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Letter "N" » necessities
«We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.»
Author: Jimmy Carter
(President)
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«Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.»
«We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.»
Author: Hannah Arendt
(Philosopher, Political scientist)
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abundance, activities, common denominator, denominator, denominators, leveling, necessities, providing, securing, succeeded
«We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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Age to Age, An Age, come of age, live in, necessities, unnecessary
«The necessities of our condition require a thousand offices of tenderness, which mere regard for the species will never dictate»
«The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware, between these two contradictory necessities.»
Author: Simone Weil
(Activist, Mystic, Philosopher)
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centuries, contradictory, debts, necessities, oscillated, oscillates, oscillating, payment, serenely, social order, unaware
«You should pay on things that you buy outside of bare necessities. I think this sales tax is the best tax we have had in years.»
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