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If we wish to substitute for war the settlement of disputes by justice, we must first substitute for the condition of international anarchy a condition of international order.

~Alfred Hermann Fried

Topics: Anarchy Condition Disputes First International Justice Must Order Settlement Substitute War Wish

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Conjoined twins simply may not need sex-romance partners as much as the rest of us do. Throughout time and space, they have described their condition as something like being attached to a soul mate.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: Attached Being Condition Like Mate May Much Need Partners Rest Simply Something Soul Soul Mate Space Throughout Time Time And Space Twins Us

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In the early days of the New England colonies, no more embarrassing or hampering condition, no greater temporal ill, could befall any adult Puritan than to be unmarried.

~Alice Morse Earle

Topics: Adult Any Befall Colonies Condition Could Days Early Early Days Embarrassing England Greater Ill More New New England Puritan Temporal Than Unmarried

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Parents are destined to sin against their kids; it's inevitable. As is narcissism and the human condition. Everyone has their ego and their ambitions. Life happens in between.

~Alice Ripley

Topics: Against Ambition Between Condition Destined Ego Everyone Happens Human Human Condition Inevitable Kids Life Life Happens Narcissism Parents Sin

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Audiences like to be made to feel that there is a world where things go right: where big emotions can happen and yet feel safe. This is why there is a constant tension in Hollywood between studios who want happy endings and writers who want to explore the human condition. There is a time and a place for both!

~Alison Owen

Topics: Audiences Between Big Both Condition Constant Emotions Endings Explore Feel Go Happen Happy Hollywood Human Human Condition Like Made Place Right Safe Studios Tension Things Time Want Where Who Why World Writers

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Losing one's mother to a car crash at age four isn't a readily accessible idea of good luck, but I've come to accept it as the condition that was required for my luck to fall into place.

~Allegra Huston

Topics: Accept Accessible Age Car Come Condition Crash Fall Four Good Good Luck Idea Losing Luck Mother Place Readily Required

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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Community Condition Consisting Making Marriage Master Mistress Slaves State Two

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Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Administration American American Politics Condition Country Failed Given Having He Leave Office People Person Politics Secure Who

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I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of 1990.

~Anatoly Chubais

Topics: Bureaucratic Bureaucrats City Complicated Condition Experienced Government Joined Level Local Management Only Operate Practical Russian Start Team Were Who Whole

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No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.

~Andre Gide

Topics: Beyond Condition Except Go Good Greatest Permits Rest Theory Unless Use Work

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