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Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
Most of the oils which are valued as scents are mixtures of substances; only the combined effect of these leads to the known result.
Obviously, I got very lucky that even though I lost my mother, I lost her later in life, but it's still had a profound effect on me.
Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.
Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect.
In this world, there really is a law of cause and effect: You reap what you sow. Then energy you put out really does come back to you.
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.
I'm a big fan of the Mass Effect games, and that's all about social manipulation and observing people and alliances and relationships.
Well, in pharmacology, if the effect is local, it's of course absolutely awkward to use it in any other way than as a local treatment.
I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how it's made.
Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.
Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.
To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.
Our words, actions, and diplomatic efforts should be aimed at trying to achieve pragmatic goals rather than creating rhetorical effect.
One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.
Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.
The act of being nice to somebody at Starbucks is actually a huge thing. It's a real change you can effect in somebody's life every day.
I think, at the end of the day, you should just be judged by your work, not on what effect it might have on the world or your community.
My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.
Issues like obesity do, as you well know, have a knock-on effect to diabetes. So we all are better off if we invest early in prevention.
Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect.
It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.
Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.
Just like sunshine affects others, when the life of Jesus invades your life, you become a loving person. The effect on others is amazing.
Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.
Doctors will prescribe medicines for a particular disease but, as a side effect, those medications will work to prevent dozens of others.
Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down.
There are time when, in effect, you can do no wrong, and there are other periods of time when you can do no right, no matter what you do.
He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.
I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities.
Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Department is the last borrower left standing.
You cannot escape from the biological law of cause and effect - food choices are the most significant cause of disease and premature death.
I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.
The stock market has an insidious effect on C.E.O.s' moods, because of its impact not just on their companies but on their own bank accounts.
I found that doing Pilates consistently three to four times a week had an amazing effect on really toning and shaping a tight waist and legs.
Whether or not you have good consumer protection has a big effect on safety and soundness of the banking community, especially smaller banks.
I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
The 'free-floating intellectual' may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect.
The method of estimating the potency of insulin solutions is based on the effect that insulin produces upon the blood sugar of normal animals.
When I say a spoken Hebrew sentence, half of it is like the King James Bible and half of it is a hip-hop lyric. It has a roller-coaster effect.
I like to think that when you take care of yourself, when you do nice things for yourself, it has a nice ripple effect on the rest of the world.
They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting.
If you use that time where you're alone in ways that bring you joy and peace, then that solitude can have a really positive effect on your life.
Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.
When you drop any new idea in the pond of the world, you get a ripple effect. You have to be aware that you will be creating a cascade of change.
Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.
I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have the opposite effect on kids.
I have to believe that literature can effect change; otherwise, I would have no purpose in my life and would have wasted four years on 'Ilustrado.'
My absolute favorite part of Comic-Con is seeing, like, a 'Mass Effect' guy hanging out with a 'Sailor Moon,' and they're just having a great time.