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"The essence of the charge made against the modern high-status ideal is that it is guilty of effecting a gigantic distortion of priorities, of elevating to the highest level of achievement a process of material accumulation that should instead be only one of many factors determining the direction of our lives under a more truthful, more broadly defined conception of ourselves."
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"If Mary's blood is Spanish, at least it is royal. And at least she can walk straight and has control of her bowels."
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"He took the last seat, as usual, a subtle reminder of what he was and what he had become."
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"I am still not used to being the possessor of such a grand title. I believe I shall have to start wearing a purple satin turban and carrying a lorgnette."
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"Pretend to be poor in reality and you'll notice a decrease in your friends list and request."
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"Dignity is pride's barometer."
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"The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort."
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"Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise."
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"Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them."
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"One of the symptoms of having a broken-heart is the fact that even ghosts will give up on the hope of scaring you as you have already lived through your worst fear."
Emotion
"A smile doesn't always stand for a perfect life."
Happiness
"Not watching the path where his legs took him, he walked on because he knew he had to walk ahead, leaving his past behind."
Life
"He noticed that she threw away the crumbled bus ticket on the street as soon as she got down. He picked it up and put it in his pocket along with his own a memorabilia of their first date together, just like a strand of her hair he would find later on his shirt and the broken pen cap that she would go on to search in the laboratory and so many other such small things which he would collect."
Memory
"The grip of her eyes is so hard that he can barely breathe. She entices him to crash into her and explore her depths. But he is already soaked in different waters."
Passion
"Some people are going to leave, but that's not the end of your story. That's the end of their part in your story."
Life
"I could take back those moments that snatched you away from me or maybe just wipe away those ten minutes when you came to me for the first time and I looked into your eyes to realise what love is."
Romance
"In that one moment, I wrapped a thousand others. A lifetime of joy, sorrow, laughter, frowns, smiles, tears... life!"
Reflection
"What kind of songs do you like? she asked."The ones that remind me of you," I said."
Music
"Little did I realise how much I would miss those ten minutes, those ten minutes in which I lived an entire lifetime."
Reflection
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