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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
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"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."
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Personal Development
"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."
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"There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player."
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Personal Development
"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."
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Personal Development
"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."
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Personal Development
"Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish."
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"Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying."
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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."
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"Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."
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"Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola."
Society
"Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only."
Skill
"Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power."
Power
"The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength."
Strength
"But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes."
Politics
"Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general."
Military
"The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets."
Talent
"The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians."
Business
"Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves."
People
"A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict."
Inequality
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