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Jargon is the verbal sleight of hand that makes the old hat seem newly fashionable; it gives an air of novelty and specious profundity to… — David Lehman
This is why true beauty never strikes us directly. The setting sun is beautiful because of all it makes us lose. — Antonin Artaud
For when asceticism was carried out of monastic cells into everyday life, and began to dominate worldly morality, it did its part in building the… — Max Weber
The older I get, the more I just like plugging directly into my amp. I'm tired of trying to impress myself with weird sounds. It's… — Steve Vai
Directly after God in heaven comes a Papa. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
By learning to contact, listen to, and act on our intuition, we can directly connect to the higher power of the universe and allow it… — Shakti Gawain
No thought, no idea, can possibly be conveyed as an idea from one person to another. When it is told it is to the one… — John Dewey
Knowledge acquired in biological research is seldom directly applicable to human beings ... The results of scientific research, obtained under these conditions, cannot be applied… — John Boyd Orr
Even should it be conclusively proved that human beings benefit directly from the suffering of animals, its infliction would nevertheless be unethical and wrong. — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
All that once was directly lived has become mere representation. — Guy Debord
Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by the… — Vladimir Lenin
To all my friends, readers, and students: I apologize for not being able to write you directly, however the God and Goddess have given me new… — Donald Michael Kraig
Avoid working directly under somebody you don't admire and don't want to be like. — Charlie Munger
Deep, dark unearthly black. I hadn't told anyone yet, but the color kept streaking across my mind at the oddest moments. When it did, my… — Becca Fitzpatrick
I would only hire someone to work directly for me if I was willing to work for that person. — Mark Zuckerberg
In our society, growing food yourself has become the most radical of acts. It is truly the only effective protest, one that can-and will-overturn the… — Jules Dervaes
Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform… — Larry Norman
Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly [...] All the earlier proposals… — Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Morgellons is constantly morphing. There are times when it's directly attacking the nervous system, as if you're being bitten by fleas and lice. It's all… — Joni Mitchell
The best shows have a clear idea of what they want to achieve, where the performers have the ability to disrupt normality and engage directly… — Lyn Gardner
Writing a screenplay is like climbing a mountain. When you’re climbing, all you can see is the rock in front of you and the rock… — Syd Field
Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe because it's shameful,… — Sebastian Junger
The quality of a person’s life is the sum total of the character, good or not so good, of the people whom he has inspired… — Unknown Author
Feeling and thinking are directly proportional to each other and inseparable. — Unknown Author
Well, I tell young people to be successful today that, first of all, that what you learn today directly impacts what you earn tomorrow. This… — Alexis Herman

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