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"You know, our sense of individuality is just the number one target of civilization."
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"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."

"A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance."

"A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values."

"This civilization is the impact of the world's consumption behavior."

"Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables."

"Civilization is communication. When that which should be expressed and transmitted is lost, civilization comes to an end."

"Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell."

"In the world of primitive savages, religion and bigotry go hand in hand. But, in the world of civilized humans, religion and reason must go hand in hand."

"Old people have wisdom but not energy; young people have energy but not wisdom; energy and wisdom must be in the same body to create a much better civilisation! To do this, we will either give energy to the old or we will give wisdom to the young and for now the latter seems a more plausible action!"

"The human civilization has gone extremely so far; that in return, we have lost the line between stupidity and spirituality."
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"It's always been my formula to get the next picture set up before anyone's seen the last one."

"Anyway, I just haven't been able to find any humanity in any Republican candidate ever in my entire life."

"Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language."

"Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth."
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