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9a9b3dc Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect. causation kalam-cosmological-argument inspirational causality serendipity cause-and-effect necessity darwinism chance naturalism luck Ralph Waldo Emerson
7cf92af Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me--to find out what you're good for. We might both do despicable things, Ender, but if humankind survives, then we were good tools. freedom necessity service Orson Scott Card
e599648 When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left? carnism factory-farms animal-welfare necessity meat animals evil Matthew Scully
e32e40e The art of our necessities is strange That can make vile things precious. necessity need misery William Shakespeare
0c7ae53 It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [Italian: Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.] necessity pleasure Dante Alighieri
f4560e3 The kinds of purchases surveyed in the news generally sit well beyond necessity. In acquiring them, what we are after is rarely solely or even chiefly just material satisfaction; we are also guided by a deeper, often unconscious desire for some form of psychological transformation. We don't only want to things; we want to be through our ownership of them. Once we examine consumer behaviour with sufficient attention and generosity, it becomes clear that we aren't indelibly materialistic at all. What makes our age distinctive is our ambition to try to accomplish a variety of complex psychological goals via the acquisition of material goods. change life desires purchases material-goods necessity materialism psychology Alain de Botton
487e407 Necessity is the motherfucker of invention. necessity Christopher Buckley
53e6405 An act made in fear is not the same thing as an action taken for necessity. necessity Janny Wurts
f2a813b Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but fear, too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions. necessity invention Joseph Conrad
19c2853 Mood's a thing for cattle or for making love. You fight when the necessity arises, no matter your mood. love necessity mood fight Frank Herbert