Absorbing Quotes

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There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolescence and the retrenchments of middle age when human nature becomes so absolutely… — Edward Hoagland
They arose in my mind as 'given' things, and as they came, separately, so too the links grew. An absorbing, though continually interrupted labour (especially,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction. — Edgar Allan Poe
Trees Trees, proud standing people stretching fingertips to the sky, reaching, praying glorious attention, breathing light. strength shelter timeless confidence bending and firm comforting rooted… — Wallace Stevens
The well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic change. We cling to what we call our common… — Eric Hoffer
In practice it undermines the transformation of faith. When Christians concentrate their time and energy on their own separate spheres and their own institutions-whether all-absorbing… — Os Guinness
And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and… — Plato
Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the… — Barbara Marciniak
We're going to line up some professionals - counselors. The reality is just setting in for all of us. We didn't have the benefit of… — Rick Dickson
I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole career, even as… — Phil Jackson
In truth, philosophy is the mode of thought shaped by the most radical form of prejudice: the passion of being-in-the-world. With the sole exception of… — Peter Sloterdijk
Men develop ideas and systems of explanation by absorbing past knowledge and critiquing and superseding it. Women, ignorant of their own history [do] not know… — Gerda Lerner
Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages. — William J. Brennan
Intuition is just the sum of all your experience. The way I see it, everything youâ€™ve experienced, everything you know, you think you know and… — Jo Nesbo
Clever, witty and absorbing, Amortality is a much-needed anatomy of our profound malaise about ageing. Its charms will never fade. — David Baddiel
You are well equipped with an incredible potential for absorbing knowledge. Â Let your imagination, the key to learning and memory, unleash that brain power… — Dominic O'Brien
I don't think you can become an outstanding runner unless you get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the suffering. You have to enjoy… — Derek Clayton
If you can impress any man with an absorbing conviction of the supreme importance of some moral or religious doctrine; if you can make him… — Henry Thomas Buckle
Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing less carbon than we expected, and emissions are rising pretty… — Nicholas Stern
I have always had a love for American geography, and especially for the landscapes of the South. One of my pleasures has been to drive… — Willie Morris

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