I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage, both as a whole and separately, in each country, in each government, in each political party, and, of course, in the United Nations. Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elites...
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Step out the front door like a ghost into a fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white And in between the moon and you the angels get a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right I walk in the air between the rain through myself and back again Where? I don't know...
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Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people.Wherever one notices them, they constitute a sure sign of ignorance and brutality which cannot be painted over even by all the evidence of wealth and luxury. Cruelty to animals cannot exist together with true education and true learning.
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Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.
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If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.
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It was a defining symbol of an era. For its supporters, it was 'peace through strength.' For its opponents, it was 'the mad momentum of the arms race.' Both sides cared about it so much. Now it's going out, and nobody even notices.
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Middle age is the time of life that a man first notices in his wife.
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Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.
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One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
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When money talks, nobody notices what grammar it uses.
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One never notices what has been done one can only see what remains to be done.
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There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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Beauty is quite different from charm, beauty is what you notice in a woman, charm is when a woman notices you.
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By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has long since left him.
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