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Sometimes there are leftwing governments I'm very critical of. For me, being leftwing is to live in a society where there's permanent change. It also means to respect the freedom of everybody, and to not accept big organizations or rich, powerful people holding power.

Costa-Gavras

Powerful, Mean, Government

Source: progressive.org

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Treasures in heaven are more permanent. They are more satisfying. There are only two reasons why we are not as successful as we would like to be in laying up earthly treasures. One is that we sometimes get into the wrong business; and the second reason is that even though we may be in the right business, we do not always work at it effectively. Interestingly enough, these are the same reasons why we fail in laying up treasures in heaven.

Sterling W Sill

Business, Successful, Two

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A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.

Chanakya

Inspirational, Purpose, Wealth

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There is no permanent absolute unchangeable truth; what we should pursue is the most convenient arrangement of our ideas.

Samuel Butler

Truth, Honesty, Ideas

Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.374, The Floating Press

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A human being tends to believe that the mood of the moment, be it troubled or blithe, peaceful or stormy, is the true, native, and permanent tenor of his existence.

Thomas E. Mann

Life, Believe, Peaceful

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The story of the universe finally comes to an end. For the first time in its life, the universe will be permanent and unchanging. Entropy finally stops increasing because the cosmos cannot get any more disordered. Nothing happens, and it keeps not happening, forever. It's what's known as the heat-death of the universe. An era when the cosmos will remain vast and cold and desolate for the rest of time the arrow of time has simply ceased to exist. It's an inescapable fact of the universe written into the fundamental laws of physics, the entire cosmos will die.

Brian Cox

Law, Arrows, Forever

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Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

Daniel Webster

Inspirational, Character, Personal Worth

Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851). “Speeches delivered on various public occasions”, p.490

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Love is like grass. If you fall on it, it may leave a stain and some temporary pain. But you'll get over the pain, it will eventually stop hurting. Now maybe the stain ruined your favourite pair of jeans, or maybe it was nothing special that was ruined, but either way the stain remains there. And with time, it will begin to fade, but it will always be there, a permanent reminder that you, too, once fell.

John Mayer

Hurt, Pain, Fall

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Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things? Irritations of the cuticle must not be confounded with heart failure.

Benjamin Harrison

Wise, Heart, Irritation

Benjamin Harrison (1901). “Views of an Ex-president”

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Congress must also enact pro-growth policies that encourage the economy to expand: like making tax relief permanent and repealing the death tax.

Michael Steele

Growth, Relief, Economy

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Most asylum seekers do get permanent visas, so the earlier they receive the appropriate help, the faster they will become part of the community. They'll get jobs and start paying taxes too. They will see Australia as a nation with a sense of care and concern. That's so important for a cohesive society. It helps build a sense of belonging. And in terms of common decency, it's what should be happening... For God's sake, this is Australia, people should be treated with decency and humanity.

Malcolm Fraser

Jobs, Common Decency, Australia

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Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it.

Tony Parsons

Tattoo, Ugly, Flesh

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After the dead are buried, after the physical pain of grief has become a permanent wound in the soul, then comes the transcendent and common bond of human suffering, and with that comes forgiveness, and with forgiveness comes love.

Andre Dubus

Pain, Grief, Soul

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As any good Buddhist will tell you, the
only way to find permanent joy is by embracing
the fact that nothing is permanent.

Martha Beck

Buddhist, Joy, Way

Martha Beck (2008). “Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live”, p.18, Harmony

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In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.

Bruce Beresford

Views, Opera

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Joni Mitchell seems destined to remain in a state of permanent dissatisfaction - always knowing what she would like to do, always more depressed when it's done.

Jon Landau

Knowing, Done, States

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I started, with three friends, this website called Crowdrise that's sort of the Facebook for personal philanthropy, a place where anybody can have a permanent microsite of their own to stage creative fundraising projects for the charities and causes that they care about. And we did it with serious intent but without any ambition.

Edward Norton

Ambition, Fundraising, Creative

Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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All leaders are permanent learners.

Ken Blanchard

Leader, Learners

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In trans-border relations, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies or even permanent borders. There are only permanent interests and everything should be done to secure these interests.

Chanakya

Enemy, Borders, Done

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It should be pointed out for our own guidance in the West that the continual signing of manifestoes and protests is one of the surest ways of undermining the efficacy and dignity of the intellectual. There exists a permanent blackmail that we all know and that we must have the often solitary courage to resist.

Albert Camus

Intellectual, Way, West

Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.170, Vintage

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Of course, this has its good side as well as its bad one. As we become permanent drunkards by so may separate drinks, so we become saints in the moral, and authorities and experts in the practical and scientific spheres, by so many separate acts and hours of work. Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keep faithfully busy each hour of the working day, he may safely leave the final result to itself.

William James

Anxiety, Experts, Saint

William James (2017). “Habit”, p.22, Read Books Ltd

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War is an evil thing; but to submit to the dictation of other states is worse.... Freedom, if we hold fast to it, will ultimately restore our losses, but submission will mean permanent loss of all that we value.... To you who call yourselves men of peace, I say: You are not safe unless you have men of action on your side.

Thucydides

War, Mean, Loss

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Oil companies earned a permanent enemy in me when they messed with the electric car the first time around, and I think they continue to do a disservice in making it seem like fossil fuels are cheaper than they really are in terms of total cost.

Chris Paine

Thinking, Oil, Car

Source: www.motherjones.com

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Some 95 percent of all sexual contact still occurs in permanent relationships. That's an impressive number.

Volkmar Sigusch

Numbers, Impressive, Contact

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I'm pretty sure my dog, Pip, gets lonely when there is no one to be with him. But we humans can end up with a gnawing worry about that separation possibly becoming a permanent condition.

Thomas L. Dumm

Dog, Lonely, Worry

Interview with Jill Stauffer, believermag.com. January 1, 2009.

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