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In one hotel, the maid who built the fire fainted in our room. Exhaustion was the cause. We talked with her later and learned that she worked 17 hours a day and makes 95 marks a month - about 50 cents.

~Agnes Smedley

Topics: About Built Cause Cents Day Exhaustion Fire Her Hotel Hours Later Learned Maid Makes Marks Month Our Room She Talked Who Worked

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Once my doctor began treating my kidney disease, my greatest challenge was the constant exhaustion. Fortunately, my doctor explained that anemia was causing my exhaustion and that people with serious illnesses, like kidney disease, may be at increased risk for anemia.

~Alonzo Mourning

Topics: Began Causing Challenge Constant Disease Doctor Exhaustion Explained Fortunately Greatest Illnesses Increased Kidney Like May Once People Risk Serious Treating

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Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection?

~B. F. Skinner

Topics: Case Environment Exhaustion Explicit Future Holocaust Latter Make More Must Nuclear Our Overpopulation Pollution Problems Resources Secure Selection Solve Steps Take Transcend Wait

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Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.

~Barber Conable

Topics: Decision Exhaustion Frequently Legislative

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A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.

~Bas Rutten

Topics: Champion Exhaustion Sweats True Watching Who

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As a necessary prerequisite to the creation of new forms of expression one might, I suppose, argue that current sensibilities respond uniquely to the notion of exhaustion as exhaustion, although that does de facto seem rather limiting.

~Brian Ferneyhough

Topics: Although Argue Creation Current Does Exhaustion Expression Facto Forms Limiting Might Necessary New New Forms Notion Prerequisite Rather Respond Seem Sensibilities Suppose Uniquely

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I left 'Containment' for the first time understanding the exhaustion some people have after they've done a really demanding emotional and physical project. I wanted a break, to be honest with you, and I needed to recover.

~Chris Wood

Topics: After Break Demanding Done Emotional Exhaustion First First Time Honest Left Needed People Physical Project Really Recover Some Some People Time To Be Honest Understanding Wanted You

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The cost of our success is the exhaustion of natural resources, leading to energy crises, climate change, pollution, and the destruction of our habitat. If you exhaust natural resources, there will be nothing left for your children. If we continue in the same direction, humankind is headed for some frightful ordeals, if not extinction.

~Christian De Duve

Topics: Change Children Climate Climate Change Continue Cost Crises Destruction Direction Energy Exhaust Exhaustion Extinction Frightful Habitat Headed Humankind Leading Left Natural Natural Resources Nothing Our Pollution Resources Same Same Direction Some Success Success Is Will You Your

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The living world has become impoverished. Species are being lost every day. Energy and other resources are nearing exhaustion. The environment is deteriorating. Pollution is everywhere. Climate is changing. Natural balances are threatened.

~Christian De Duve

Topics: Balances Become Being Changing Climate Day Energy Environment Every Every Day Everywhere Exhaustion Impoverished Living Lost Natural Other Pollution Resources Species Threatened World

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For nearly 2 million years, our ancestors survived and thrived and spread across the planet because they could run other mammals into heat exhaustion.

~Christopher Mcdougall

Topics: Across Ancestors Because Could Exhaustion Heat Mammals Million Million Years Nearly Other Our Planet Run Spread Survived Thrive Years

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