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The year 2100 will see eugenics universally established. In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began to interfere with the ruthless workings of nature. As a result, we continue to keep alive and to breed the unfit. Nikola Tesla

Nature Man Survival Law Result Will Year Past Sense Alive Out See Ruthless New Governing Continue Began Fittest Established Unfit Pity Then Ages Strains Breed Interfere Less Workings Keep Roughly Desirable Universally

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. Mark Twain

About Charm Forbidden Makes Desirable

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. James Baldwin

Affliction Nothing Released More Crutch Than Frightening Desirable

The trend of opinion among eugenists is that we must make marriage more difficult. Certainly no one who is not a desirable parent should be permitted to produce progeny. Nikola Tesla

Marriage Trend Difficult Must Parent More No-One Make Opinion Permitted Produce Should Certainly Who Among Desirable Progeny

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. Plutarch

Our Indeed Ancestors Glory Thing Belongs Desirable

Originalism is sort of subspecies of textualism. Textualism means you are governed by the text. That's the only thing that is relevant to your decision, not whether the outcome is desirable, not whether legislative history says this or that. But the text of the statute. Antonin Scalia

History You Decision Says Relevant Outcome Only Sort Governed Text Legislative The Only Thing Whether Means Your Thing Desirable

The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can possibly be derived; and I long daily to die more and more to it; even though I obtain not that comfort from spiritual things which I earnestly desire. David Brainerd

Daily Spiritual Me World Space Long Empty Space Nothing Earnestly Though Possibly More More And More Spiritual Things Vast Like Obtain Comfort Empty Least Huge Die Whence Which Derived Whole Even Appears Satisfactory Things Desirable Desire Vacuum

Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends. John Stuart Mill

Freedom Pain Pleasure Only Freedom From Ends Things Desirable

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. John Stuart Mill

Pain Pleasure Promotion Prevention Either Themselves Means Inherent Things Desirable

Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that people will want to modify their children, enhance their intelligence, their strength and their beauty and all the other so-called desirable characteristics. Robert Winston

Strength Technology People Intelligence Will Beauty Meddling Other Characteristics Find Gene Individuals Genetic May Where Children So-Called Want Transfer Modify Enhance Now Desirable

'Simplifying' the tax code is a priority mainly for people who make enough money to want to avoid paying taxes, and who make their money by means unorthodox enough to make avoiding taxes possible and desirable. Alex Pareene

In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the term Goods for that purpose. Alfred Marshall

Absence Purpose Term Goods Any Represent May Human Short Common Wants Short-Term Use Satisfy Things Desirable

A small foot in China, no different from a tiny waist in Victorian England, represented the height of female refinement. For families with marriageable daughters, foot size translated into its own form of currency and a means of achieving upward mobility. The most desirable bride possessed a three-inch foot, known as a 'golden lotus.' Amanda Foreman

Own Possessed Small Daughters Foot Most Known Female Waist Mobility Refinement Lotus Families Currency Tiny Golden Different Size Achieving Form Upward Upward Mobility China Victorian Height Translated Means England Bride Desirable

We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me. Anthony Kiedis

I would be lying if I said I'm not flattered being voted as the 'Time's' Most Desirable Man of 2012. Frankly, I have no idea how the desirability quotient is arrived at. If it is just drop dead good looks, then I have to thank God and my parents for it. Arjun Rampal

God Time Good Man Thank God Parents Drop Lying Good Looks Frankly Would Would-Be No Idea Idea Voted Most Dead Looks Said How Arrived Thank Just Being Flattered Then Desirability Desirable

I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force. I had certain expectations about what would be a reasonable and desirable position to be assigned to after my years of service. Buzz Aldrin

Service Air Force First Back Air Astronaut Would Would-Be About Had Force Return Been Years Person Expectations After Certain Reasonable Who Navy Assigned Desirable Marine Position

It is only by the rational use of technology; to control and guide what technology is doing; that we can keep any hopes of a social life more desirable than our own: or in fact of a social life which is not appalling to imagine. Carrie Snow

We've seen, time and again, when people focus on the outcome rather than what needs to be done to achieve a desirable result, then the wheels fall off. Cate Campbell

Time Needs People Result Achieve Focus Seen Fall Outcome Rather Off Than Done Wheels Again Then Desirable

First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions of sportsmen and supporters of those second amendment rights. Cliff Stearns

Service Rights Valuable First Respected Those Has-Been Firearms Generations Highly Supporters Industry Sportsmen Around Been Provide Amendment Amendment Rights Product Second Second Amendment Desirable Millions

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