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I have a studio in the country - in the woods - but my paintings look more real to me than what… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
Polar fleece is a plush, spongy, totally artificial material that weighs nothing and conveys no quality of warmth or coolness; in fact,… — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
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“Some people say they don’t believe in God, but they believe in an energy that moves through all living things. Others say… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
We debase the richness of both nature and our own minds if we view the great pageant of our intellectual history as… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice. Society is a living organism and must obey the laws of… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
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But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
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“I am not a believer in love at first sight. For love, in its truest form, is not the thing of starry-eyed… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
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“Let's have some precision in language here: terrorism means deadly violence -- for a political and/or economical purpose -- carried out against… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
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“He was dark-haired as his mother, and promised to be like her in mood also; for he was not merry, and spoke… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Another thing about creation is that every day it is like it gave birth, and it's always kind of an innocent and… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
“I saw a moving sight the other morning before breakfast in a little hotel where I slept in the dusty fields. The… — William James Copy Share Image
For me, spirituality includes the belief in things larger than ourselves, an appreciation of nature and beauty, a sensitivity to the world,… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
In the time that I have been acquainted with this region I have become increasingly aware of it as a testament of… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
There is first the problem of acquiring content, which is learning. There is another problem of acquiring learning skills, which is not… — Ralph W. Gerard Copy Share Image
A realistic expectation also demands our acceptance that one's allotted time on earth must be limited to an allowance consistent with the… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
This tree is indeed a Tree of Life, for without the higher and finer sentiments man does not life; he merely exists.… — Manly Hall Copy Share Image
“Kindly consider the question: what would your good do if evil did not exist, and what would the earth look like if… — Bulgakov Master and Margarita Copy Share Image
I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals, and I suddenly realized that… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
“Obedient to no man, dependent only on weather and season, without a goal before them or a roof above them, owning nothing,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
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“Thinking of Cronshaw, Philip remembered the Persian rug which he had given him, telling him that it offered an answer to his… — William Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
[About Swami Vivekanada:] I am not saying that the message of the Swami was the final word in our nationalism... But it… — Chittaranjan Das Copy Share Image
The first undeniable reality is that every living thing dies, and the second undeniable reality is that we suffer throughout our lives… — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
Every living thing was shunning him. Poor little Peter Pan, he sat down and cried, and even then he did not know… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
I had writers block for months afterwards because I was just so taken aback by all of the sounds I was hearing.… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
“Faith is trust and belief in a higher power. It is a dedication to the realization that there is a power greater… — Mark Anthony Copy Share Image
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The formation in geological time of the human body by the laws of physics (or any other laws of similar nature), starting… — Kurt Gödel Copy Share Image
“Because it wasn’t enough to be accompanied by the beast who scared the crap out of every god in Heaven, Xuanzang was… — F.C. Yee Copy Share Image
I expected this reception. All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things!… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Living Things. The garden can be as unlimited a resource as you want it to be. It's an escape from everything if… — Hazel Hawke Copy Share Image