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• Our western mind lacking all culture in this respect, has never yet devised a concept, not even a name for "the union of opposites through the middle path", that most fundamental item of inward experience which could respectably be set against the Chinese concept of Tao.

  Carl Jung

  Opposites, Names, Chinese

  Carl Gustav Jung, Richard Francis Carrington Hull (1992). “Two Essays on Analytical Psychology”, p.205, Psychology Press

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• I am basically a blazer. If I were a clothing item, I would be a legging and a blazer.

  Serena Williams

  Would Be, Blazers, Clothings

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• It's nice that all the composers have said that nobody interprets a lyric like Fred Astaire. But when it comes to selling records I was never worth anything particularly except as a collector's item.

  Fred Astaire

  Nice, Records, Selling

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Mindful consumption is the object of this precept. We are what we consume. If we look deeply into the items that we consume every day, we will come to know our own nature very well. We have to eat, drink, consume, but if we do it unmindfully, we may destroy our bodies and our consciousness, showing ingratitude toward our ancestors, our parents, and future generations.

  Nhat Hanh

  Parent, Generations, Looks

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• Winston worked in the RECORDS DEPARTMENT (a single branch of the Ministry of Truth) editing and writing for The Times. He dictated into a machine called a Speakwrite. Winston would receive articles or news-items which for one reason or another it was thought necessary to alter, or, in Newspeak, rectify. If, for example, the Ministry of Plenty forecast a surplus, and in reality the result was grossly less, Winston's job was to change previous versions so the old version would agree with the new one.

  George Orwell

  Jobs, Writing, Reality

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• The 'Main Street' retailers ... see customers come to the store to locate items ... only to leave and order the items over the Internet just to escape the sales tax.

  John McCain

  Order, Internet, Main Street

  "States argue for taxing Internet transactions" by Ian Christopher McCaleb, www.cnn.com. March 14, 2001.

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• Now that we have the line-item veto there is no excuse for Congress to put pork in and no reason for the president not to line-item veto it out.

  John McCain

  President, Pork, Lines

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• The most important part of a RPG is the player feeling like they are taking the role of a character in a fully realised fantasy world. They can explore, visit various towns and places, talk to people, customise their character, collect various items, and defeat monsters. The story is not the focus of the experience and is only there to make the atmosphere of the fantasy world more interesting and engaging during the course of the game.

  Yuji Horii

  Character, Player, Games

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• Before, being a model, it was just a job, and I was making fun of it. But today, I take my career more seriously. The fact that a reader may buy an Armani item because she'd seen it on me in a magazine is very important to me. So much so that I intend to launch my own label.

  Milla Jovovich

  Jobs, Fun, Careers

  "She is Very Milla". Interview with Louise Finlay, www.millaj.com. June 2003.

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• When I tour, it's like, well, like a food tour as much as a comedy tour. I try to eat at all the weird places, the obscure barbecue joints, burger places. There are a few spots in L.A. that I'm obsessed with - one of them is the Taco Zone taco truck on Alvarado. There are secret off-menu items that are amazing.

  Aziz Ansari

  Secret, Trying, Burgers

  "Aziz Ansari Interview". Interview with Jessica Hundley, www.askmen.com.

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• I never have felt that people should feel that they are better than others, simply because they just happen to possess a larger share of material items and monetary wealth than others less fortunate. I believe in sharing, assisting, and just lending a helping hand to people.

  Michael Jackson

  Believe, Hands, People

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• When we have an item that has value to the school and the athletic department, we cannot throw it away just to be fair.

  Jim Davidson

  School, Athletic, Department

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• If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is always a top.

  Tim Gunn

  Funny, Fashion, Clothes

  Twitter post from Jul 05, 2012

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• Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets.

  Ursula Andress

  Trying, Antiques, Furniture

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• In addition to that, having the items I needed to foster the breastfeeding process and give me an opportunity to bond with my baby in this way was something that I felt was so important in my life and my experience as a first-time mom.  I love that I am able to play a role in giving that joy and support to the moms we will be helping.

  Daphne Oz

  Mom, Baby, Opportunity

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• You can tell a horse owner by the interior of their car. Boots, mud, pony nuts, straw, items of tack and a screwed-up waxed jacket of incredible antiquity. There is normally a top layer of children and dogs.

  Helen Thompson Woolley

  Dog, Horse, Children

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• How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points? This is a case of exclusion.

  Pope Francis

  Elderly, Two, Economic Inequality

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.21, BookBaby

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• According to the International Institute for Environment and Development, the annual amount spent globally on advertising aimed at increasing consumption topped $430 billion in 1998.Consumer capitalism is dedicated to the proposition that production is good in itself, no matter what is produced. The net effect is the massive production of absurd, empty and useless items which are nevertheless utterly serious since we earn our living from them, and dedicate our leisure time to them.

  Jacques Ellul

  Development, Useless, Matter

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• I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk.

  Dorothy Draper

  Party, People, Controversial

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• In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds. Simplify, simplify.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Creativity, Men

  Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.144

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• What is it with McDonald's staff who pretend they don't understand you unless you insert the 'Mc' before the item you're ordering? It has to be a McChicken burger...a chicken burger gets blank looks. Well, I'll have a McStraw and jam it into your McEyes, you f**cking McTosser!

  Billy Connolly

  Mcdonalds, Looks, Burgers

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• The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America.

  John McCain

  America, Pork, Bills

  California Republican debate transcript, www.nbcnews.com. May 3, 2007.

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• I fall in love with something and wear it every day until it's destroyed. My most treasured items have a very short shelf life because I love them too much.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Falling In Love, Too Much, Shelves

  "Mackenzie Davis: Girl on Fire" by Logan Sykes, www.harpersbazaar.com. June 27, 2014.

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• Motorola has led the mobile phone industry in turning our vision of low- cost, yet quality, handsets for the developing world into a reality. In so doing, Motorola has played a major role in transforming the mobile phone from a luxury item for the few into an affordable tool for the many.

  Rob Conway

  Reality, Phones, Luxury

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• Senator Allen has long been a leader on competitiveness issues in the Senate and as governor of Virginia. His announcement of the Competitiveness Caucus comes as great news to the nation's manufacturers. We support every item on this agenda and will work with Senator Allen and others to make it a reality. The time has come for Congress to recognize the vital role manufacturing plays in American life and do what it can to strengthen our ability to compete in the global marketplace.

  John Engler

  Reality, Virginia, Play

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