Nothing that you make in the world exists in isolation from the social and political and ecological dimensions of it. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
I think many people have wonderful stories inside them and the talent to tell those stories. But the writing life, with its… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down. — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
As much as we sometimes roll our eyes at the ivory-tower isolation of universities, they continue to serve as remarkable engines of… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
I wish there was more for minorities than sitcoms. I'd like to see a soap opera about blacks. People don't live in… — Roxie Roker Copy Share Image
“And my inability to share this anger with anybody in the lobby aroused in me a profound sense of isolation." - Toru… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
“There comes a time when something changes you... No matter the impact... Where the world no longer beats in time with you.… — Solange nicole Copy Share Image
We are not talking about isolation. We're talking about security. We're not talking about religion. We're talking about security. Our country is… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Anything that inspires addiction or obsession - substances, entertainment, beauty, secrecy - is dangerous in that it can lead to isolation, self-absorption,… — Greg Carlisle Copy Share Image
She would only point out the salvation that was latent in his own soul, and in the soul of every man. Only… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia authorities face the complicated task of stabilising and reviving a devastated economy after years of regional conflicts,… — Stanley Fischer Copy Share Image
“We live as emotional transients in a world of isolation. Oh, if I could only borrow back so many wasted moments, but… — Craig Froman Copy Share Image
The split in America, rather than simply economic, is between those who embrace reason, who function in the real world of cause… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Man is alone in the world, in tremendous eternal isolation. He has no object outside himself; lives for nothing else; he is… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
“There is another powerful factor which works against the chance of any kind of peaceful reconstruction and which is equally negative for… — Andrei Amalrik Copy Share Image
Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“It is illness that makes us recognize that we do not live in isolation but are chained to a being from a… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
She had always been a reader… but now she was obsessed. Since her discovery of the book hoard downstairs from her job,… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Do we get what we want? Yes, we get what we want. God is that loving. If we want isolation, despair, and… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“May 20 Coming Out Of Isolation "We find ourselves doing and enjoying things that we never thought we would be doing." Basic… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Do you know that, maybe, I shall leave off grieving over the crime and sin of my life? for such a life… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Fashion is primitive in its insistence on exhibitionism, which withers in isolation. The catwalk fashion show with its incandescent hype is its… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
“We were the only humans - the only forms of life, in fact - for hundreds of miles in each direction, unreaching… — Heather James Copy Share Image
The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
Being the “best you can be” is really only possible when you are deeply connected to another. Splendid isolation is for planets,… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
“[…] he is the artist of his own life, and created it for himself every hours to suit his latest whim.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“This was the difference, she thought, between solitude and isolation. And now she knew something about herself she hadn’t known before. It… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
China on the world stage, in terms of interaction with the rest of the world, has been relatively very new due to… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a good or bad ad in isolation. What is good at one moment is bad at… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
“How did men make themselves loved, I wondered. I had passed all my life with men who were loved but I seemed… — Maria McCann Copy Share Image
In isolation I ruthlessly plow the deep silences, seeking my opportunities like a miner seeking veins of treasures. In what shallow glimmering… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Consumers do not view communications in isolation. They bring with them all their past brand experiences and associations. — Josh Hunt Copy Share Image
“Even the technology that promises to unite us, divides us. Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
You can be as earnest and ridiculous as you need to be, if you don't attempt it in isolation. The ridiculously earnest… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot be addressed… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and… — Louise Brooks Copy Share Image
When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create… — Youssou N'Dour Copy Share Image
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