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• Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among men, if there are gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for the gods will not involve thee in evil; but if indeed they do not exist, or if they have no concern about human affairs, what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of Providence? But Gods there are, undoubtedly, and they regard human affairs; and have put it wholly in our power, that we should not fall into what is truly evil.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fall, Men, Evil

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book II,

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• The Dreyfus Affair is an exceptional case. It's true that here and there you can find some dregs of anti-Semitism, but the situation is the same in every country. After all, you're not exactly a nation like all the other nations. You are unique, if only because you are such an ancient people, and because of the way you are spread all over the world and your obvious success in many fields. But, in all honesty, anti-Semitism in France has always remained on a minimal level, at the verbal level only. It never went as far as pogroms.

  Jean-Marie Le Pen

  Country, Honesty, Unique

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• Anything can happen in stock markets and you ought to conduct your affairs so that if the most extraordinary events happen, that you're still around to play the next day.

  Warren Buffett

  Play, Next Day, Events

  "When I Met the Legends of Investing - Part 3" by Vishal Khandelwal, www.safalniveshak.com. December 12, 2012.

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• We are in a world of irredeemable paper money - a state of affairs unprecedented in history.

  John Exter

  Gold, World, Paper

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• Money values do not simply mirror the state of affairs in the real world; valuation is a positive act that makes an impact on the course of events. Monetary and real phenomena are connected in a reflexive fashion; that is, they influence each other mutually. The reflexive relationship manifests itself most clearly in the use and abuse of credit.

  George Soros

  Fashion, Real, Impact

  George Soros (1994). “The Alchemy of Finance: Reading the Mind of the Market”, p.17, John Wiley & Sons

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• All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.

  Enoch Powell

  Cutting, Political, Ends

  1977 Joseph Chamberlain.

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• Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.

  E. M. Forster

  Love Is, Doe, Force

  E.M. Forster (1951). “Two Cheers for Democracy”

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• But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge of science and technology.

  Max Born

  Men, Technology, Scientific Method

  "My Life & My Views". Book by Max Born, 1968.

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• Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.

  Maurice Strong

  Powerful, Political, Force

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• It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new [post-Cold-War] world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. Nation states will remain the most powerful actors in world affairs, but the principal conflicts of global politics will occur between nations and groups of different civilizations. The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Powerful, War, Civilization

  "The Clash of Civilizations?". Foreign Affairs, www.foreignaffairs.com. Summer 1993.

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• In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns. I now leave that bed which has afforded me little rest, and eagerly seek repose in the quiet enjoyments of rural life.

  John Tyler

  Bed, Rural Life, Littles

  Farewell remarks, 1845.

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• War has become an affair of machines...and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics.

  Alberto Moravia

  Clever, War, Soldier

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• Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership.

  Deng Xiaoping

  Maintaining, Profile, Claims

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• It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs, therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity.

  Isocrates

  Depression, Wisdom, Mistake

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• Wisdom is a love affair with questions. Knowledge is a love affair with answers.

  Julio Olalla

  Answers, Love Affair

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• I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time.

  Tommy Hilfiger

  Country, War, Dark

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• Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human affairs.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Should Have, Mind, Default

  Roy Blount, Jr. (2009). “Long Time Leaving: Dispatches from Up South”, p.18, Knopf

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• War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state.

  George Meade

  War, Hopeful, Looks

  "The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade". Book by George Meade, 1913.

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• Starbucks is rekindling America's love affair with coffee, bringing romance and fresh flavor back to the brew.

  Howard Schultz

  Coffee, America, Romance

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• For if every true love affair can feel like a journey to a foreign country, where you can’t quite speak the language, and you don’t know where you’re going, and you’re pulled ever deeper into the inviting darkness, every trip to a foreign country can be a love affair, where you’re left puzzling over who you are and whom you’ve fallen in love with.

  Pico Iyer

  Country, Journey, Darkness

  "Oh to Wanderfly (and How It’ll Help You Travel)" by Jason Silva, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2010.

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• Christ does not fulfill the human element, but he certainly fulfills every other need in your life. As far as I'm concerned, there's no better love affair.

  Gloria Gaynor

  Doe, Needs, Elements

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• I give thanks that I am now rich, well and happy and that my financial affairs are in divine order. Every day in every way I am growing richer and richer.

  Catherine Ponder

  Divine Order, Giving, Growing

  Catherine Ponder (2016). “The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity”, p.93, Lulu.com

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• The FA Cup means a lot. There is a real passion here for the competition which you don't get elsewhere. It's a love affair. It's part and parcel of living up here. People might think I'm daft, but I'm not wrong; I'd rather win the Cup than the League.

  Alan Shearer

  Real, Mean, Passion

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• The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.

  Laozi

  Simple, Problem, Difficult

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• God did not give Joseph any special information about how to get from being the son of a nomad in Palestine to being Pharaoh's right hand man in Egypt. What He did give Joseph were eleven jealous brothers, the attention of a very loose and vengeful woman, the ability to do the service of interpreting dreams and managing other people's affairs and the grace to do that faithfully wherever he was.

  Rich Mullins

  Dream, Brother, Jealous

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