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Quote by Christopher Dawson
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You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for. – Christopher Dawson

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And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be forced to create a new official faith and new moral principles which will be binding on its citizens. – Christopher Dawson

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Faith
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Christopher Dawson
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The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms. – Christopher Dawson

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Knowledge
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I only like food without color, like potatoes, bread, and pasta. – Emma Roberts

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Shedding late-summer tears for the end of cherry season. Patiently and hopefully waiting for pumpkin pie season. – Terri Guillemets

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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. – Old New York Proverb

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From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity. – Padma Lakshmi

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Hey, I’ve got nothing to do today but smile. – Paul Simon, “Only Living Boy in New York”

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Im free of stress and worries now because if I dont like something Im doing, I just find the fun in it instead of being miserable. Let me have fun with the people I work with, let me have fun making money – when I grew up so poor, ya know? – Jenny McCarthy

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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. – Hermann Hesse

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First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say theyre reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that. – Neil LaBute

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