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For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about force, poverty, people

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to...

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

Quote by Charles Babbage about wealth

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about humility, interest, happiness

I would rather five people knew my work and thought it...

I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than five million knew me and were indifferent.

Quote by Colin Firth about work, thinking, good, good luck, people

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.

Quote by James Joyce about creation, existence, artists, god

Human nature doesn't include all human beings, there are...

Human nature doesn't include all human beings, there are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien about nature, human imperfections, politics, religion

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about immorality, consequences, immortality, soul

If a person loves only one other person and is...

If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism.

Quote by Erich Fromm about love, people

Fate is like gravity. You can jump up and down until your heart’s content, but the earth still falls into the sun, and the sun still courses through the galaxy, both indifferent to your short-lived and insignificant defiance.

Quote by Mark Amend about destiny, sun, defiance, earth, heart, thinking

In the indifferent eyes of nature only the fit survive; on the other hand, God favors whoever He sees fit. Lines of Thought by an Unknown Author

Quote by Mark Amend about survival, eyes, nature, thinking, god

I wish... I wish... To let ourselves be killed again monotonically By the arrows thrown by Cupid. I wish... A drop of scented rain To wash the black past, everythinhg that was once. I wish... Your heart to be a white sheet of...

Quote by Florin Muscalu about poetry, wish, heart, rain, celebrity, magic, name, past, writing, love

For Stoics the virtue was the only possesion, and the the same it is to me, I do not posses riches, the glory and career are indifferent to me.

Quote by Liviu Ioan (lis) Stoiciu about virtue, wealth, glory, career

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