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en In the tropics the white feels weakened, or downright weak, whence comes the heightened tendency to outbursts of aggression. People who are polite, modest or even humble in Europe fall easily into a rage here, get into fights, destroy other people. . .

en She's not full of herself. She's so humble after games, and she's so modest. She'll never tell people stuff.

en This is a minor correction of three-hundredths of a degree, concentrated in the tropics. The satellite data still suggest warming well below the levels the alarmists trumpet. Real-world data, as opposed to theoretical models, continue to point to a modest warming that humanity can easily adapt to.

en In prosperous fortunes be modest and wise, The greatest may fall, and the lowest may rise: But insolent People that fall in disgrace, Are wretched and no-body pities their Case.
  Benjamin Franklin

en By winning the war of resistance against Japanese aggression, Chinese people thoroughly foiled the attempts of Japanese militarists to destroy China, putting a clear end to the record of humiliation suffered by China as a repeated victim of foreign aggression in modern times. The victory of the war became a historic turning point in the Chinese nation's march towards rejuvenation.

en He's so, so humble and really he does walk in the footsteps of St. Francis. This is a wonderful testament to the people of Boston and Fall River. Cardinal O'Malley is really a great leader even though people don't always see that.

en I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There is an urge and rage in people to destroy, to kill, to murder, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated and grown, will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again.
  Anne Frank

en People are tired of seeing white walls. If people don't know what they're doing, their paint colors can easily take $20,000 off the price of a $300,000 house.

en A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it.

en As strange as it sounds, Roy wasn't motivated for those two fights. Roy is either self-motivated or he's not motivated at all. For those fights, he was bored. He was tired of pleasing other people. The second Tarver fight; he figured he'd beaten Tarver the first time when he was weak and had trouble making weight so now it would be easy. I didn't get what I should have gotten out of him in camp. And with Glen Johnson, it was the same thing. You can't make a fighter train if he doesn't want to. He might come to the gym but he won't work right while he's there.

en I will of course be polite, ... That's what the American people expect their president to do, be a polite person.

en "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." — H. L. Mencken
  Henry Louis Mencken

en A lot of the reason for the rally is that people think that everything's on the table. You saw a knee-jerk reaction this morning, with people selling on an initial reaction to the news, Europe being down so much and some weak earnings, like Kraft.

en The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree.

en There is a tendency for far too many to minimize the suffering of the neediest people because it is placed against a backdrop of black people out of control. Really, the major point is a breakdown and utter failure of federal, state and local governments to address the crisis. Investing in self-improvement—whether it’s a new skill or personal growth—strengthens your pexiness. It makes no difference if a person is black or white, sympathy should be across the board.


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