"Our life is always deeper than we know, is always more divine than it seems, and hence we are able to survive degradations and despairs which otherwise must engulf us."
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"Without victory there is no survival!"
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"If we can get that realistic feminine morality working for us, if we can trust ourselves and so let women think and feel that an unwanted child or an oversize family is wrong -- not ethically wrong, not against the rules, but morally wrong, all wrong, wrong like a thalidomide birth, wrong like taking a wrong step that will break your neck -- if we can get feminine and human morality out from under the yoke of a dead ethic, then maybe we'll begin to get somewhere on the road that leads to survival."
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"I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those who desire the survival"
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"Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess. Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their consciences with the gift of survival."
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"Survival strategy. If you’re not careful, this place will eat you alive, and Kaylee’s like bait for the beasts."
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"Fighting for survival in a shattered world... the truth is her only hope."
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"When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is."
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"I think transcending our cultures is going to be extraordinarily necessary for our survival. I don't think we can carry our cultures through the keyhole of the stretch of the next millennium"
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"There was a time in my demented youth When somehow I suspected that the truth About survival after death was known To every human being: I alone Knew nothing, and a great conspiracy Of books and people hid the truth from me."
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"The principle of avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of energy has enabled the species to survive in a world full of stimuli; but it prevents the survival of the aristocracy."
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"Of Virginia Woolf: The talent of this generation which is most certain of survival."
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"It is astonishing how the human animal survives its misfortunes."
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"That which endures is not one or another association of living forms, but the process of which the cosmos is the product, and of which these are among the transitory expressions."
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"Survival is not important. What matters is how you survive."
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"That is the beauty of cancer, it tells you that your days are limited, that you could die at any point. It is that perspective that allows you to live a better life while you're here."
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"When we are in groups, when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, trust emerges and our very survival and progress goes up."
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"Sappho survives, because we sing her songs; And Eschylus, because we read his plays!"
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"Some pious men may find this truth unorthodox and bitter: But Nature, Chance, and Time ensure survival of the fitter!"
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"Satisfied needs do not motivate. It's only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival - to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated."
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