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> [Abstract sympathy with the working class as an economic entity is easy, but the feeling can vanish on contact with actual members…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/abstract-sympathy-with-the-working-class-as-an-economic-entity-is/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [When we tell our own story, we teach the values that our choices reveal, not as abstract principals, but as our lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-ganz/when-we-tell-our-own-story-we-teach-the-values-that-our-choices/)

[Marshall Ganz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-ganz/)

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> [There is only one '' principle that can preserve a free society: namely, the strict prevention of all coercion except in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/there-is-only-one-principle-that-can-preserve-a-free-society-namely/)

[Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/)

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> [That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-stigler/that-subject-has-lost-its-one-time-appeal-to-economists-as-our/)

[George Stigler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-stigler/)

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> [Ambient music is my favorite art form because there's no interface. It just commands you how to feel. There's no suggestion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matty-healy/ambient-music-is-my-favorite-art-form-because-there-s-no-interface-it/)

[Matty Healy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matty-healy/)

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> [When you start to really travel and you get to these abstract like places in the world, you would see certain people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/when-you-start-to-really-travel-and-you-get-to-these-abstract-like/)

[Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/)

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> [The thinking of the one, therefore, will be determined by eternal truth, the actions of the other more by the practical reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/the-thinking-of-the-one-therefore-will-be-determined-by-eternal-truth/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic commitments and at most recovers some essential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/one-thus-sees-that-a-new-kind-of-theory-is-needed-which-drops-these/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

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> [I think there are plenty of men out there who are capable and accomplished in their own realm. You don't have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/i-think-there-are-plenty-of-men-out-there-who-are-capable-and/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

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> [You can keep counting forever. The answer is infinity. But, quite frankly, I don't think I ever liked it. I always found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doron-zeilberger/you-can-keep-counting-forever-the-answer-is-infinity-but-quite/)

[Doron Zeilberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doron-zeilberger/)

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> [Each state of the human mind has some parable in the physical creation by which it is shadowed forth; nor is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-schiller/each-state-of-the-human-mind-has-some-parable-in-the-physical/)

[Friedrich Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-schiller/)

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> [Basically, I have found that people who have tried to start communities out of good feelings or hippie-dippie abstract concepts of love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dar-williams/basically-i-have-found-that-people-who-have-tried-to-start/)

[Dar Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dar-williams/)

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> [One of the fundamental reasons why so many doctors become cynical and disillusioned is precisely because, when the abstract idealism has worn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/one-of-the-fundamental-reasons-why-so-many-doctors-become-cynical-and/)

[John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/)

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> [Let's talk about the artist's desire to go beyond the pictorial or the representational and the desire to create the abstract -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/let-s-talk-about-the-artist-s-desire-to-go-beyond-the-pictorial-or/)

[Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/)

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> ["The people" is that massive portion of a society that lives by its pathetic subjection to sheer immediacy or self-obviousness, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-smith/the-people-is-that-massive-portion-of-a-society-that-lives-by-its/)

[Kenny Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-smith/)

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> [Within the human consciousness is the unique ability to perceive the transparency between absolute, permanent relationships, contained in the insubstantial forms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lawlor/within-the-human-consciousness-is-the-unique-ability-to-perceive-the/)

[Robert Lawlor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lawlor/)

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> [If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyndham-lewis/if-the-world-would-only-build-temples-to-machinery-in-the-abstract/)

[Wyndham Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyndham-lewis/)

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> [It's not about facts, it's about feelings. It's about remembering feelings and happiness. A definition of art is that it makes concrete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-martin/it-s-not-about-facts-it-s-about-feelings-it-s-about-remembering/)

[Agnes Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-martin/)

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> [Fear is the deep motive of abstract art - fear of a repellent civilization which is dominated by the power of things.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/storm-jameson/fear-is-the-deep-motive-of-abstract-art-fear-of-a-repellent/)

[Storm Jameson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/storm-jameson/)

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> [I paint; I draw and paint - I've been doing that since I was in third grade, drawing realistically and then changing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wright/i-paint-i-draw-and-paint-i-ve-been-doing-that-since-i-was-in-third/)

[Steven Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wright/)

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> [We speak of 'software eating the world,' 'the Internet of Things,' and we massify 'data' by declaring it 'Big.' But these concepts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-battelle/we-speak-of-software-eating-the-world-the-internet-of-things-and-we/)

[John Battelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-battelle/)

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> [Electronic music lends itself to an abstract way of storytelling, so it keeps evolving. Theres a whole movement truly driving music further…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-zimmer/electronic-music-lends-itself-to-an-abstract-way-of-storytelling-so/)

[Hans Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-zimmer/)

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> [Art is the process of evoking pity and terror, which is not abstract at all but very human. What the self-styled modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/art-is-the-process-of-evoking-pity-and-terror-which-is-not-abstract/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [I always wanted to make an abstract photograph. I would photograph walls, sports interiors, marks on the walls people made. Even looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idris-khan/i-always-wanted-to-make-an-abstract-photograph-i-would-photograph/)

[Idris Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idris-khan/)

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> [There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-nyro/there-are-no-limitations-with-a-song-to-me-a-song-is-a-little-piece-2/)

[Laura Nyro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-nyro/)

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> [It seems that I must bid the Muse to pack, / Choose Plato and Plotinus for a friend / Until imagination, ear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-butler-yeats/it-seems-that-i-must-bid-the-muse-to-pack-choose-plato-and-plotinus/)

[William Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-butler-yeats/)

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> [While it may be impossible to 'disprove' the existence of some 'Higher Power' or abstract Creator, it is entirely possible — through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-g-mcafee/while-it-may-be-impossible-to-disprove-the-existence-of-some-higher/)

[David G. McAfee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-g-mcafee/)

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> [Even the recognition of an individual whom we see every day is only possible as the result of an abstract idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-g-frazer/even-the-recognition-of-an-individual-whom-we-see-every-day-is-only/)

[James G. Frazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-g-frazer/)

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> [“Do not be afraid of the word 'theory'. Yes, it can sound dauntingly abstract at times, and in the hands of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-howells/do-not-be-afraid-of-the-word-theory-yes-it-can-sound-dauntingly/)

[Richard Howells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-howells/)

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> [People who have grown up in a world where this was not a concern and suddenly start hearing about climate change -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-espinosa/people-who-have-grown-up-in-a-world-where-this-was-not-a-concern-and/)

[Patricia Espinosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-espinosa/)

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> [True knowledge of good and evil as we possess is merely abstract or general, and the judgment which we pass on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/true-knowledge-of-good-and-evil-as-we-possess-is-merely-abstract-or/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

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> [There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-wills/there-s-an-interesting-contrast-between-born-catholics-and-converts/)

[Garry Wills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-wills/)

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> [Death can be successfully put out of mind for the simple reason that it is beyond human experience. Death is either the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lidiya-ginzburg/death-can-be-successfully-put-out-of-mind-for-the-simple-reason-that/)

[Lidiya Ginzburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lidiya-ginzburg/)

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> [Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude-but the fact is that, in the day-to-day trenches of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/stated-as-an-english-sentence-of-course-this-is-just-a-banal/)

[David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/)

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> [Naturally, underground music often gravitates toward experimentation and the abstract. That's understandable, and more often than not, it feels great to dive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-fantano/naturally-underground-music-often-gravitates-toward-experimentation/)

[Anthony Fantano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-fantano/)

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> [The things I talk about and explain couldn't happen - yet, they don't seem impossible - you could say I talk about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wright/the-things-i-talk-about-and-explain-couldn-t-happen-yet-they-don-t/)

[Steven Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wright/)

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> [But men love abstract reasoning and neat systematization so much that they think nothing of distorting the truth, closing their eyes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-men-love-abstract-reasoning-and-neat-systematization-so-much-that/)

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

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> [Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/good-nature-is-that-benevolent-and-amiable-temper-of-mind-which/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [Ordinary language is totally unsuited for expressing what physics really asserts, since the words of everyday life are not sufficiently abstract. Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/ordinary-language-is-totally-unsuited-for-expressing-what-physics/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [There's that great Irish joke: a man is lost in the countryside, stops a passer-by: 'how do I get to Dublin?'. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/there-s-that-great-irish-joke-a-man-is-lost-in-the-countryside-stops/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

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                        "text": "You can keep counting forever. The answer is infinity. But, quite frankly, I don't think I ever liked it. I always found something repulsive about it. I prefer finite mathematics much more than infinite mathematics. I think that it is much more natural, much more appealing and the theory is much more beautiful. It is very concrete. It is something that you can touch and something you can feel and something to relate to. Infinity mathematics, to me, is something that is meaningless, because it is abstract nonsense.",
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                        "text": "Let's talk about the artist's desire to go beyond the pictorial or the representational and the desire to create the abstract - the idea that painting can go beyond what is seen. What we found is that, increasingly, painting became about paint, its own material truth. When I'm talking about the way that we look at others and the way that we see ourselves increasingly, looking at others becomes its own material truth.",
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                        "text": "\"The people\" is that massive portion of a society that lives by its pathetic subjection to sheer immediacy or self-obviousness, and that therefore uncritically seizes upon the most simplistic and abstract ways of filling its vacuous self-consciousness. Not philosophy but dogma and rhetoric, not rationality but indoctrination and conditioning, provide the cultural junkfood by which the Many perfunctorily slake their thirst and hunger.",
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                        "text": "We speak of 'software eating the world,' 'the Internet of Things,' and we massify 'data' by declaring it 'Big.' But these concepts remain for the most part abstract. It's hard for many of us to grasp the impact of digital technology on the 'real world' of things like rocks, homes, cars, and trees. We lack a metaphor that hits home.",
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