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::“ and I
::“ For all those people who have lost or misplaced something that was dear to them, as I have, never give up the dream of searching – never let go of the hope that you ’ ll find it because after all these many years, at last, my Oscar has been returned to me .”
::“ They ’ re supposed to say,I got this student, her attendance is good, her GPA is all right — can you interview this person ?’ They ’ re not doing that ,” she said.
::“ For all those people who have lost or misplaced something that was dear to them, as I have, never give up the dream of searching – never let go of the hope that you ’ ll find it because after all these many years, at last, my Oscar has been returned to me .”
::“ I am going to ask you a rather strange question.

::“ and with
::“ It is quite compatible with the principle of utility to recognise the fact, that some kinds of pleasure are more desirable and more valuable than others.
::“ The Jury believes that ‘ Traffic Light ’ deserves the award because it managed to paint with great sensitivity a nation ’ s troubles in a single night during a crowded traffic light of the city of Cairo ”
After his arrest, Popitz told the Gestapo ::“ As somebody who was very familiar with conditions in the System period the Weimar Republic, my view of the Jewish question was that the Jews ought to disappear from the life of the state and the economy.

::“ and you
::“ It is much better to kill only such you want, without wasting your powder and lead, then to be firing into God ’ s creatures in such a wicked manner .” ( Natty to Judge Marmeduke ) – Chapter III, The Slaughter of Pigeons

::“ and actions
::“ happiness, private happiness, is the proper or ultimate end of all our actions … each particular action may be said to have its proper and peculiar end …( but )….

::“ and by
::“ It is truly a whimsical supposition that, if mankind were agreed in considering utility to be the test of morality, they would remain without any agreement as to what is useful, and would take no measures for having their notions on the subject taught to the young, and enforced by law and opinion … to consider the rules of morality as improvable, is one thing ; to pass over the intermediate generalisations entirely, and endeavour to test each individual action directly by the first principle, is another … The proposition that happiness is the end and aim of morality, does not mean that no road ought to be laid down to that goal … Nobody argues that the art of navigation is not founded on astronomy, because sailors cannot wait to calculate the Nautical Almanack.
::“ One ought to abide by the general principles whose general inculcation is for the best ; harm is more likely to come, in actual moral situations, from questioning these rules than from sticking to them, unless the situations are very extra-ordinary ; the results of sophisticated felicific calculations are not likely, human nature and human ignorance being what they are, to lead to the greatest utility .”
::“ With the passage of the Roadless Rule, inventoried roadless areas, ‘ for better or worse, more committed to pristine wilderness, and less amendable to road development for purposes permitted by the Forest Service .’”
::“ If we consider ‘ The will ’ by Kamel Selim in 1939 the beginning of Egyptian realism in cinema, so we have to admit that ‘ House-Boat No. 70 ’ by Khairy Beshara, 1982, is the start of the new realism ”

::“ and their
::“ We certainly cannot hope directly to compare their effects except within a limited future ; and all the arguments, which have ever been used in Ethics, and upon which we commonly act in common life, directed to shewing that one course is superior to another, are ( apart from theological dogmas ) confined to pointing out such probable immediate advantages …
::“ We are not able, at the moment, to send out envoys and Imperial troops so, in spite of their good wishes, each kingdom seek help, as they please, wherever they can, to the east, west, south, or north .”

::“ and is
::“ Now it is evident from the nature of God, viz.
::“ It is true there are cases in which, if we confine ourselves to the effects of the first order, the good will have an incontestable preponderance over the evil.
::“ The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible, is that people actually see it.
::“ there is, from the ethical point of view, no symmetry between suffering and happiness, or between pain and pleasure … In my opinion human suffering makes a direct moral appeal, namely, the appeal for help, while there is no similar call to increase the happiness of a man who is doing well anyway.
::“ Surely the utilitarian must admit that whatever the facts of the matter may be, it is logically possible that an ‘ unjust ’ system of punishment — e. g. a system involving collective punishments, retroactive laws and punishments, or punishments of parents and relations of the offender — may be more useful than a ‘ just ’ system of punishment ?”
::“ It is the beginningless round of rebirths that is called the ’ Wheel of the round of rebirths ’ ( saṃsāracakka ).

::“ and those
::“ Arguments for and against God's just judgment resemble those found in Plutarch's De sera numinis vindicta ” the delays of divine vengeance “ as well as in the targumic midrash about Cain and Abel in Gen ” “ 4.

::“ and which
::“ involves our saying, for instance, that a world in which absolutely nothing except pleasure existed — no knowledge, no love, no enjoyment of beauty, no moral qualities — must yet be intrinsically better — better worth creating — provided only the total quantity of pleasure in it were the least bit greater, than one in which all these things existed as well as pleasure .”
::“ Presentation of the Virgin ” takes place in front of Cathedral of Bourges, which was known to the Duke ( Longnon, Cazelles and Meiss 1969 ).

::“ and would
::“ He would dutifully scrutinize the passage, and answer: ‘ Yes ,’ ” Mr. Seidensticker wrote.

::“ and same
::“ Utilitarian ethics makes all of us members of the same moral community.

::“ and .
::“ Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.
::“ Suppose that a ruler controls a weapon capable of instantly and painlessly destroying the human race.
::“ Tanizaki wrote clear, rational sentences ,” Mr. Seidensticker wrote.
::“ In the traditional view, it is assumed that there exists a reality in space-time and that this reality is a given thing, all of whose aspects can be viewed or articulated at any given moment.
::“ Her Majesty is now Queen of Canada but she is the Queen of Canada because she is Queen of the United Kingdom.

I and agree
`` Yeah, I can see that '', the friend was forced to agree.
`` I couldn't agree with you more ''.
`` I agree, yes ''.
I would agree with this view.
`` And from now on, for the rest of this trip, I will only drink what you agree that I should drink ''.
While I fully agree with Sir Anthony's contention, I think that we must carry the analysis farther, bearing in mind that while common peril may be the measure of our need, the existence or absence of a positive sense of community must be the measure of our capacity.
I did so because I agree with so many here today, that he is the beloved Speaker of all the people of the United States.
`` Of course, I agree with the Captain '', Gansevoort said thoughtfully, `` but the conspiracy is ferocious and desperate.
He refused it because he did not agree with their beliefs, writing, " I shall have nothing to do with them.
I think Chrysalis would agree that The Specials ’ Ghost Town video helped sales a good deal.
He did not agree with this film's philosophy but liked how it conveyed " the sense of New York as a kind of jungle, and I wanted to make a science fiction film along these lines ".
" Whilst I agree that it can take a bit of time to see it through carefully, it nevertheless, demonstrates to our regional friends that we are principled in our approach to international relations and diplomacy ," Mataitoga said.
:: Obeikan: I do not agree with this.
I am by no means the only one who, in the coming months or years, will totally agree with Finkelstein's breakthrough.
" It was used by Urquhart whenever he could not be seen to agree with a question, with the emphasis on either the ' I ' or the ' possibly ' depending on the situation.
" I may not agree with the lifestyle, but that has nothing to do with the civil rights of that part of our constituency ," Falwell said.
It's an American value that I would think that we pretty much all agree on.
At the forum, Falwell told homosexuals in attendance " I don't agree with your lifestyle, I will never agree with your lifestyle, but I love you " and added " anything that leaves the impression that we hate the sinner, we want to change that " He later commented to New York Times columnist Frank Rich that “ admittedly, evangelicals have not exhibited an ability to build a bond of friendship to the gay and lesbian community.

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