We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so.
quote by Thor Heyerdahl
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The fear of thieves in ancient times has done modern archeology a great service.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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Life has . taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors. She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
quote by Alan Stewart Paton
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Modern Dancing
Modern, modern, modern, modern dancing
Modern dancing, modern dancing
Modern dancing, modern
I see you acting modernly with the boys and girls
Exposure breeds discovery in the modern world
The 60's hairdos 90's eyes are just flashing lights
A touch of neon hinting class for the modern night
Modern dancing, modern dancing
Modern dancing, modern dancing
Dancing
Modern dancing, modern dancing
Modern dancing, modern
Mono vision tv face and determined eyes
The clothes are perfect the rips in place just the perfect size
Familiarity breeds contempt but it doesn't show
We've heard the music times before but it still makes you go
Modern dancing, modern dancing
Modern dancing, modern dancing
Modern dancing, dancing
....variations to fade....
song performed by by Men Without Hats
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Karmayoga
Lord Krishna taught Arjuna
In and out of Karmayoga,
To egg him to war.
Yuthistra had had practiced it.
He played the dice,
Unperturbed by the loss,
Without mind on the result,
Till he lost himself and wife.
Who taught it to him?
05.05.2000, Palakkad
[Karmayoga is a branch of teaching by which one must do one’s duty, without an eye for its result]
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
quote by William Jennings Bryan
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Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
quote by William Jennings Bryan
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When I want to dissect a modern problem, I actually find many similar problems in ancient days. In fact, without the many outer layers of so-called modern civilization, the themes I find in old stories are more clear-cut. They are so visible and extreme. I am not saying that all historical eras are similar to today. But by using a comprehensible social structure such as we had in the past, it is much easier for me to convey or re-create modern situations.
Kaneto Shindo in Voices from the Japanese Cinema (1975)
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Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional interaction with matter in such a way as to produce physical results.
quote by Oliver Joseph Lodge
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If aliens from outer space ever come and we show them our civilization and they make fun of it, we should say we were just kidding, that this isn't really our civilization, but a gag we hoped they would like. Then we tell them to come back in twenty years to see our REAL civilization. After that, we start a crash program of coming up with an impressive new civilization. Either that, or just shoot down the aliens as they're waving good-bye.
Jack Handey in Deep Thoughts
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Modern Age
Well I found a road and off I sped
I met a man with no little toe and a real big head
Though I did not speak somehow I said
Where are you from? He said the modern age
And where are you from? I said the modern age
On the shore by the sea that was still lathering
I met a man in the business of hunting and gathering
Somehow we understood each other's blathering
And he said where are you from? I said the modern age
And where are you from? He said the modern age
Stopped at a light in my car
I asked the next car how they are
They say that we are fine and how are you?
I say that I am fine and thank you
I'm feeling fine in the modern age
Driving around in the modern age
Driving around in the modern age
song performed by by Frank Black
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It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.
quote by Ronald Knox
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Before we can build a stable civilization worthy of humanity as a whole, it is necessary that each historical civilization should become conscious of its limitations and it's unworthiness to become the ideal civilization of the world.
quote by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.
quote by Franz Boas
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A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.
quote by Tahar Ben Jelloun
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The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.
quote by Thomas Carlyle
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Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.
quote by John Buchan
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
quote by Ambrose Bierce
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There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.
quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
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The contribution of Islam to history and modern civilization is the product of the efforts of peoples of many races and tongues which came to accept its way of life.
The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization.
quote by F.L. Lucas
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