Absorb Quotes
407 quotes by 367 authors
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Pop music can absorb so many peculiar talents, ranging from the completely nonmusical poseur who just uses music as a kind of springboard for a…
— Brian Eno
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I would spend hours absorbing every intonation, every inflection - how the singer would convey a sentiment and how it would sound coming out of…
— Kat Edmonson
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The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is why…
— John Piper
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than…
— Yotam Ottolenghi
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Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make,…
— Yotam Ottolenghi
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I am always attracted to the moments when a person who is associated with a certain message, image or sensibility evolves. I am very interested…
— Raf Simons
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Everyone loves a win in India. No one wants to lose a match. It is the cricketer who absorbs all the pressure.
— Virat Kohli
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I genuinely find the most meaningful thing I do is to make music, but also to absorb some sort of creativity.
— Tom Odell
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For me, the most absorbing films are those that address big questions and real ideas but embody them in small examples that we can appreciate…
— Lisa Randall
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One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain, one bestows on it the name of…
— Emile Durkheim
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I must try desperately to absorb all information I can about the Middle East. I want to excel. I want to speak articulately about the…
— Amanda Lindhout
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I had a confused early hippie phase, which was like a cafeteria tray of sloppy, semi-Marxist thoughts, absorbed second-hand.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Children are extremely perceptive and absorb what goes on around them long before they can talk or even comprehend language. They are like finely tuned…
— Theodore Isaac Rubin
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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they…
— Caleb Deschanel
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A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he must…
— Richard Jefferies
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Unfortunately, historians have become so absorbed in detailed research that they have tended to neglect the job of building larger-scale maps of the past.
— David Christian
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There are a host of ethnic minorities in China, but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small in total number.…
— Martin Jacques
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Our collective memories are welcoming places, and one image, that of Jesus, has absorbed and appropriated elements of other traditions and aspirations in order to…
— Neil MacGregor
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When you have children, you realize how easy it is to not see them fully, and perhaps miss all those early years. If you are…
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Trusting people to pursue their own futures invariably provides better outcomes. Money goes where it is needed, rather than being absorbed by administration costs.
— Bill Shorten
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