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In its heyday, the blazer had come to symbolise a kind of conventional decency. Yacht club commodores and school bursars wore blazers. People who played bowls wore blazers.

~Craig Brown

Topics: Blazer Bowls Club Come Conventional Decency Had Kind People Played School Who Wore Yacht

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We are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity that does not tolerate the plunder of public resources nor the theft by corporate criminals of the hard-earned savings of ordinary people.

~Cyril Ramaphosa

Topics: Build Corporate Criminals Decency Defined Determined Does Integrity Nor Ordinary Ordinary People People Plunder Public Resources Savings Society Theft Tolerate

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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

~Dag Hammarskjold

Topics: Believe Decency Die Least Should Survive Will I Believe I Believe That

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That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.

~Danny Boyle

Topics: Again Any Anything Back Civility Consideration Decency Force Get Instinct Life Live Manners More Need Politeness Powerful Powerful Force Survival Taste Than Will

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I respect anyone who has to fight and howl for his decency.

~Deborah Kerr

Topics: Anyone Decency Fight His Howl Respect Who

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Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example?

~Dennis Prager

Topics: Age Beauty Cannot Decency Define Defined Definitions Demands Example For Example Friendship Important Important Things Life Love Measure Measured Measurements Most Order Our Precisely Provide Scientific Seriously Statistics Taken Things

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I grew up in the Midwest, so I have sort of an honorable moral code. But I moved to a city and joined a sort of fast crowd. A lot of people who grew up in the city sort of aren't aware of manners and other ways of life and 'common decency.'

~Derek Blasberg

Topics: Aware City Code Common Crowd Decency Fast Grew Honorable Joined Life Lot Manners Midwest Moral Moved Other People Sort Up Ways Who

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I moved to a city and joined a sort of fast crowd. A lot of people who grew up in the city sort of aren't aware of manners and other ways of life and 'common decency.'

~Derek Blasberg

Topics: Aware City Common Crowd Decency Fast Grew Joined Life Lot Manners Moved Other People Sort Up Ways Who

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Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.

~Dinesh D'Souza

Topics: Assume Decency How Human Lying Matter Never Other People Shred Strong Temptation Without

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I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life.

~Edith Pearlman

Topics: Believe Companionship Decency Important Life Long Long Run More Romance Run Skepticism Toward I Believe I Believe That

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