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You are more than entitled not to know what the word 'performative' means. It is a new word and an ugly word,… — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
The revolt of the poet is invariably conservative at its roots. … Not politically conservative, but imaginatively conservative, with a profound regard… — Cid Corman Copy Share Image
Only the individual who is solitary is like a thing placed under profound laws, and when he goes out into the morning… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Despite its widespread acceptance and the number of lives it has improved, what most of us in the West commonly associate with… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
That fact that Athens could condemn its noblest citizen to death did more than make a profound impression on him. It was… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
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We are capable of suffering with our world, and that is the true meaning of compassion. It enables us to recognize our… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
If Confucius can serve as the Patron Saint of Chinese education, let me propose Socrates as his equivalent in a Western educational… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
... In contrast to the "banality of evil," which posits that ordinary people can be responsible for the most despicable acts of… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
We need to have profound compassion for the people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
When money, instead of man, is at the center of the system, when money becomes an idol, men and women are reduced… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Now death is uncool, old-fashioned. To my mind the defining characteristic of our era is spin, everything tailored to vanishing point by… — Tana French Copy Share Image
And could I look upon her without compassion, seeing her punishment in the ruin she was, in her profound unfitness for this… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
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Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
On becoming a mother, I sort of feel like every kid is my kid. I really do get that sense in a… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
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There's no question that the Internet generally, and Netflix specifically, upended the traditional content-distribution supply chain and caused profound changes in the… — James B. Stewart Copy Share Image
I wished to punish her for her intolerable stoicism, which made it impossible for me to ever be truly needed by her… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Single-minded devotion engenders deep thought, which expresses itself in action. The Lord's Light descends on the devotee, His power awakens in him… — Anandamayi Ma Copy Share Image
More than ever I find myself in the hands of God. This (illness) is what I have wanted all my life from… — Pedro Arrupe Copy Share Image
For me to get to work with a writer-director over time in developing a project - my investment feels much more profound.… — Maggie Siff Copy Share Image
My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
For starters, I should just tell you that The Band was always my favorite band from the first moment that I heard… — Colin Linden Copy Share Image
We are certain that Ukraine needs profound constitutional reform. In all fairness, we can't see any other way to ensure the stable… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
The diversity of life on Earth, generally, is astonishing. But despite those large numbers, it's also important to recognize that every species,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Why (he wondered rhetorically) do people who have a position that's being attacked constantly state that they have a right to say… — Peter David Copy Share Image
I know that the precise magnitude and patterns of climate change cannot be fully predicted. But global warming clearly is a growing,… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
More than a building that houses books and data, the library represents a window to a larger world, the place where we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The story of the Fall always fascinates me as a play ground, but I cannot find any profound meaning in it, because… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Then let me put it to you this way. There is seldom black and white in our world. Sometimes things we perceive… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The holy father John Paul II made a profound impact wherever he went. And, of course, his trip to Boston was one… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
I always let my husband read the script so he knows what's about to happen to his wife. When I played Cheryl… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
If we begin to see how the gospel is able to change our work, it can have a profound effect on our… — David Kim Copy Share Image
There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
The important graphs are the ones where some things are not connected to some other things. When the unenlightened ones try to… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
