Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.
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I believe in the program. I think it's a good thing when producers of any agricultural commodity can get together voluntarily.Richard Wagner
Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.
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True Drama is only conceivable as proceeding from a common urgency of every art towards the most direct appeal to a common public. In this Drama, each separate art can only bare its utmost secret to their common public through a mutual parleying with the other arts for the purpose of each separate branch of art can only be fully attained by the reciprocal agreement and co-operation of all the branches in their common message.
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Dermatologists often talk about people who seem 'addicted' to the sun people who know it's not good for them to be bronzed all the time, but don't seem able to stop tanning, ... It's interesting that by slightly modifying tools used to identify substance-related disorders, we can see an objective similarity between regular tanning and those disorders.
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You meet people, you make friends. It's a social thing too. You talk to those you are friends with and those who are not as interesting, you go separate ways. It's a lot of fun and we enjoy doing it. We usually have a very good time.
Richard Wagner
Whatever my passions demand of me, I become for the time being - musician, poet, director, author, lecturer or anything else.
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