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> [I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/i-love-the-idea-of-leaving-some-of-the-original-abstract-thought-in/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

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> [“I remember sitting in bed, as a child looking up at the ceiling I couldn’t sleep, of course, And so set about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-wetch/i-remember-sitting-in-bed-as-a-child-looking-up-at-the-ceiling-i/)

[Justin Wetch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-wetch/)

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> [The world is very complicated and it is clearly impossible for the human mind to understand it completely. Man has therefore devised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-wigner/the-world-is-very-complicated-and-it-is-clearly-impossible-for-the/)

[Eugene Wigner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-wigner/)

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> [There is no abstract Evil; you have to understand that! Its roots are here, all around us, in this herd that goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-lukyanenko/there-is-no-abstract-evil-you-have-to-understand-that-its-roots-are-2/)

[Sergei Lukyanenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-lukyanenko/)

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> [A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/a-dozen-more-questions-occurred-to-me-not-to-mention-twenty-two/)

[Jonathan Stroud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-stroud/)

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> [She respected her husband in the same way as she respected the General Post Office, as something large, secure and fixed: and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/she-respected-her-husband-in-the-same-way-as-she-respected-the/)

[James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/)

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> [Truth is that concordance of an abstract statement with the ideal limit towards which endless investigation would tend to bring scientific belief,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-sanders-peirce/truth-is-that-concordance-of-an-abstract-statement-with-the-ideal/)

[Charles Sanders Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-sanders-peirce/)

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> [How many of the people I know - sons and daughters - have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-goodman/how-many-of-the-people-i-know-sons-and-daughters-have-intricate/)

[Ellen Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-goodman/)

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> [Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-b-allender/genuine-trust-involves-allowing-another-to-matter-and-have-an-impact/)

[Dan B. Allender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-b-allender/)

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> [ \[About Swami Vivekanada:\] I am not saying that the message of the Swami was the final word in our nationalism... But it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chittaranjan-das/about-swami-vivekanada-i-am-not-saying-that-the-message-of-the-swami/)

[Chittaranjan Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chittaranjan-das/)

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> [Looking out of my window this lovely spring morning I see an azalea in full bloom. No, no! I do not see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-sanders-peirce/looking-out-of-my-window-this-lovely-spring-morning-i-see-an-azalea/)

[Charles Sanders Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-sanders-peirce/)

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> [The body, the mind, and the spirit don't form a pyramid, they form a circle. Each of them runs into the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/the-body-the-mind-and-the-spirit-don-t-form-a-pyramid-they-form-a/)

[Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/)

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> [The church has long used the concept of sacraments--outward signs of inward grace--to name the spaces where God meets us in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-f-winner/the-church-has-long-used-the-concept-of-sacraments-outward-signs-of/)

[Lauren F. Winner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-f-winner/)

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> [ Science only means knowledge; and for \[Greek\] ancients it did only mean knowledge. Thus the favorite science of the Greeks was Astronomy,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/science-only-means-knowledge-and-for-greek-ancients-it-did-only-mean/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [Brutes abstract not. -- If it may be doubted, whether beasts compound and enlarge their ideas, that way, to any degree; this,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted-whether-beasts-compound-and/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

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> [We can tell people abstract rules of thumb which we have derived from prior experiences, but it is very difficult for other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-can-tell-people-abstract-rules-of-thumb-which-we-have-derived-from/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The environment is rarely put on tape, or if it is, it's so abstract that most people never realize it. They just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ry-cooder/the-environment-is-rarely-put-on-tape-or-if-it-is-it-s-so-abstract/)

[Ry Cooder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ry-cooder/)

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> [The word of the Lord never comes to us as an opinion, no attempt is made to support it by argument, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-w-ivins/the-word-of-the-lord-never-comes-to-us-as-an-opinion-no-attempt-is/)

[Anthony W. Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-w-ivins/)

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> [Most great filmmakers are good at place. Like how people say, like, "The city itself is a character in the movie," you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/most-great-filmmakers-are-good-at-place-like-how-people-say-like-the/)

[Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/)

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> [In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/in-contrast-traditional-classical-music-starts-from-an-abstract/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

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> [Guilt was a fascinating thing: it seemed not to weaken over time. If anything it grew stronger as the circumstances faded from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/guilt-was-a-fascinating-thing-it-seemed-not-to-weaken-over-time-if/)

[Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/)

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> [Far be it for me to have worked it out in any abstract way. I don't know why the bull and Mrs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/far-be-it-for-me-to-have-worked-it-out-in-any-abstract-way-i-don-t/)

[Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/)

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> [I didn't see an abstract painting until I was 18, when I went to Vincent Price's house and saw Richard Niebencorn, Wolff,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/i-didn-t-see-an-abstract-painting-until-i-was-18-when-i-went-to/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

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> [Sawbeaked epitome of bodiless Idea, tossed by gusts of ether, dive Through abstract mists and raid the sea of fact Eat rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/sawbeaked-epitome-of-bodiless-idea-tossed-by-gusts-of-ether-dive/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

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> ['Abstract' literally means to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract... a realistic or nonobjective approach makes no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-diebenkorn/abstract-literally-means-to-draw-from-or-separate-in-this-sense-every/)

[Richard Diebenkorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-diebenkorn/)

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> [In the abstract, it might be tempting to imagine that irreducible complexity simply requires multiple simultaneous mutations - that evolution might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-the-abstract-it-might-be-tempting-to-imagine-that-irreducible/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or tree cannot make a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-o-keeffe/objective-painting-is-not-good-painting-unless-it-is-good-in-the-2/)

[Georgia O'Keeffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-o-keeffe/)

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> [Two contrasting attitudes: non-math person: "Math is so abstract." i.e. "hard to understand" math person: We abstract \*in order to understand.\* Part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-key/two-contrasting-attitudes-non-math-person-math-is-so-abstract-i-e/)

[James Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-key/)

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> [What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-jones/what-really-alarms-me-about-president-bush-s-war-on-terrorism-is-the/)

[Terry Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-jones/)

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> [Everybody enjoys the freedom he deserves, which is measured by the stature and dignity of his person or by his function, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-evola/everybody-enjoys-the-freedom-he-deserves-which-is-measured-by-the/)

[Julius Evola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julius-evola/)

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> [The spirit listens only when the speaker speaks in gestures. And gestures do not mean signs or body movements, but acts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-castaneda/the-spirit-listens-only-when-the-speaker-speaks-in-gestures-and/)

[Carlos Castaneda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-castaneda/)

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> [There's art on the show that's really bad - these cliché Abstract Expressionist gestural things. It's almost like extensions of my performance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/there-s-art-on-the-show-that-s-really-bad-these-clich-abstract/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

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> [We often judge cities by great public buildings. But we admire great cities because people live there in a beautiful way. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-libeskind/we-often-judge-cities-by-great-public-buildings-but-we-admire-great/)

[Daniel Libeskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-libeskind/)

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> [An idol is not necessarily something concrete, like a golden calf. It can also be something abstract, like matter. Is matter part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearcey/an-idol-is-not-necessarily-something-concrete-like-a-golden-calf-it/)

[Nancy Pearcey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearcey/)

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> [I've always felt that sort of in the abstract, open-source is the right thing to do for a lot of the kinds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/i-ve-always-felt-that-sort-of-in-the-abstract-open-source-is-the/)

[James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/)

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> [I am more greatly moved by people who struggle to express themselves...I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-am-more-greatly-moved-by-people-who-struggle-to-express-themselves/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [No matter how much a young man likes to think for himself, he is always trying to model himself on some abstract…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesare-pavese/no-matter-how-much-a-young-man-likes-to-think-for-himself-he-is/)

[Cesare Pavese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesare-pavese/)

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> [It would be very hard to write a serious drama and say some of these things. You can be much more abstract…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-a-romero/it-would-be-very-hard-to-write-a-serious-drama-and-say-some-of-these/)

[George A. Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-a-romero/)

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> [I saw money becoming more and more important everywhere. It's one of the most abstract and important inventions by human beings. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/costa-gavras/i-saw-money-becoming-more-and-more-important-everywhere-it-s-one-of/)

[Costa-Gavras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/costa-gavras/)

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> [Community means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/community-means-caring-caring-for-people-dietrich-bonhoeffer-says-he/)

[Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/)

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                        "text": "How many of the people I know - sons and daughters - have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out of their own emotions, attitudes, hands. And how many have only Polaroid pictures of their fathers.",
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                        "text": "Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do battle with God trust Him more deeply than those whose complacent faith permits an abstract and motionless stance before Him. Those who trust God most are those whose faith permits them to risk wrestling with Him over the deepest questions of life. Good hearts are captured in a divine wrestling match; fearful, doubting hearts stay clear of the mat.",
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                        "text": "[About Swami Vivekanada:] I am not saying that the message of the Swami was the final word in our nationalism... But it was tremendous - something with an undying glory of its own. If you read his books, if you read his lectures, you are struck at once with his love of humanity, his patriotism, not abstract patriotism which came to us from Europe but of different nature altogether a more living thing, something which we feel within ourselves when we read his writings.",
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                        "text": "Looking out of my window this lovely spring morning I see an azalea in full bloom. No, no! I do not see that; though that is the only way I can describe what I see. That is a proposition, a sentence, a fact; but what I perceive is not proposition, sentence, fact, but only an image which I make intelligible in part by means of a statement of fact. This statement is abstract; but what I see is concrete.",
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                        "text": "The body, the mind, and the spirit don't form a pyramid, they form a circle. Each of them runs into the other two. The body isn't below the mind and the spirit; from the point of view it's between them. if you reside too much in the mind, then you get too abstract and cut off from the world. You long for the spiritual life, but you can't get to it, and you fall into despair. The exercise of the senses frees you from abstraction and opens the way to transcendence.",
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                        "text": "The church has long used the concept of sacraments--outward signs of inward grace--to name the spaces where God meets us in an especially present way. For many Christians, however, that language seems abstract, even (sadly) foreign. Dean Nelson lovingly explores those spaces of encountering God; his luminous book has helped me see anew the sacred in the ordinary. I am grateful.",
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                        "text": "Science only means knowledge; and for [Greek] ancients it did only mean knowledge. Thus the favorite science of the Greeks was Astronomy, because it was as abstract as Algebra. ... We may say that the great Greek ideal was to have no use for useful things. The Slave was he who learned useful things; the Freeman was he who learned useless things. This still remains the ideal of many noble men of science, in the sense they do desire truth as the great Greeks desired it; and their attitude is an external protest against vulgarity of utilitarianism.",
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                        "text": "Brutes abstract not. -- If it may be doubted, whether beasts compound and enlarge their ideas, that way, to any degree; this, I think, I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them; and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to.",
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                        "text": "We can tell people abstract rules of thumb which we have derived from prior experiences, but it is very difficult for other people to learn from these. We have difficulty remembering such abstractions, but we can more easily remember a good story. Stories give life to past experience. Stories make the events in memory memorable to others and to ourselves. This is one of the reasons why people like to tell stories.",
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