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“In this context of achievement-and-death, artist who make Happenings are living out the purest melodrama. Their activity embodies the myth of nonsuccess, for Happenings cannot be sold and taken home; they can only be supported.”

Home Artist Taken Activity Achievement Happenings Myth Melodrama

Book:Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life

Source: Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life

“We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk of death represents a highly culpable mental state that may be taken into account in making a capital sentencing judgment not inevitable, lethal result.”

Humans May States Politics Results Known Taken Risk Activity Judgment Accounts Criminals Graves Inevitable Human Life Engaging Reckless Disregard Implicit

Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“Law-abiding Americans deserve to know that their government will not secretly tap their phones, read their medical records, access their library accounts or otherwise invade their personal lives, with no oversight or accountability. Law-abiding Americans also deserve to know that when law enforcement can show an impartial judge clear evidence of criminal activity or a threat to national security, swift and decisive action will be taken to protect the public. That is the balance we must achieve.”

“If we desire to do what will please God, and what will help men, we presently find ourselves taken out of our narrow habits of thought and action; we find new elements of our nature called into activity; we are no longer running along a narrow track of selfish habit.”

Ifs Men Helping Running Action Desire Taken Habit Please Activity Elements Track Selfish Selfishness Help Me Thoughts And Actions

Book:Self-culture, lectures

Source: Self-culture, lectures

“Nations are not truly great solely because the individuals composing them are numerous, free, and active; but they are great when these numbers, this freedom, and this activity are employed in the service of an ideal higher than that of an ordinary man taken by himself.”

Men Individual Nations Numbers Taken Higher Activity Ordinary Ideals Active Employed Composing Ordinary Man

Author:Matthew Arnold

“Be committed to whatever you're doing. That's something I've taken to heart and tried to do with whatever activities I take up.”

Heart Taken Activity Committed

Author:Eli Manning

“Preparing for the worst is an activity I have taken up since I turned thirty-five, and the worst actually began to happen.”

Happens Taken Five Worst Activity Thirty Preparing

Book:Funny sauce

Source: Funny sauce

“John Marshall's warning that the power to tax is the power to destroy has taken on far greater meaning... more specifically, the power of the Internal Revenue Service is threatening to destroy the freedom of religion , guaranteed by the First Amendment. As part of that guarantee, Congress has granted tax exemptions for churches to avoid excessive interference in their religious activities.”

“I don't know if human activity is the only cause, but mostly, in great part, it is man who has slapped nature in the face, we have in a sense taken over nature.”

Ifs Knows Men Humans Faces Causes Nature Taken Activity Human Activity

Author:Pope Francis

“We have taken a strategic decision to gather education activities under a single roof.”

Decision Education Taken Activity Roof Strategic

Author:Recep Tayyip Erdogan