Directly Quotes

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Each elect soul ... possesses God directly and finds in that unique possession the fulfillment of his own individuality. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I would like the events never to be told directly by the author, but rather to be introduced (and several times, from various angles) by… — Andre Gide
For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their noses, and before they see the object that is there… — Allen Tate
An adversarial family law system raises the stakes unnecessarily high, exacerbates the antagonism of the couples concerned, and is directly responsible for making it impossible… — Louis de Bernieres
One day when I was studying with Schoenberg, he pointed out the eraser on his pencil and said, 'This end is more important than the… — John Cage
Every individual or national degeneration is immediately revealed by a directly proportional degradation in language. — Joseph de Maistre
Do we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, the truest lines or the… — Julian Barnes
As every parent knows, children go through an adolescent growth spurt, during which they put on inches at an alarming rate. Humans are unique in… — Richard Leakey
I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
If you can work a brand successfully into the narrative of your product, then it's really cool. Then people actually take the brand up and… — Max Levchin
I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the future of entertainment - how were we going to get… — Aaron Levie
American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies,… — Michael Mandelbaum
I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I could feed that… — Chris Ofili
You want a novel to tap as directly as possible into your most unspeakable preoccupations. And in America, in particular, cricket is pretty unspeakable. — Joseph O'Neill
I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept… — Alan Parsons
The Space Shuttle will stop directly below the Space Station and Sergei and I will be looking out two different windows looking straight down at… — John L. Phillips
I'm a diligent person, and that came directly from having hardworking parents. — Rebecca Romijn
I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody. — Ted Rall
A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square… — Howard Staunton
For Sony, owning a studio is a gamble and probably a pretty good one, now that in the broadband era having content is a great… — Howard Stringer
Many scientists will have to contribute to the solution of the great problem; they will have to follow up and measure all those phenomena in… — Johannes Stark
In the studio, if they need to come down to the floor, things are a bit pushy, although it is easier for them to say… — Sarah Sutton
I wrote a query letter to an editor - a friend of a friend. The editor called me an idiot, told me never to contact… — Daniel H. Wilson
Most people put the cart before the horse, which is an interesting way to go through life. They approach everything directly. In Zen we approach… — Frederick Lenz
The power that enables us to transform our awareness is the release of kundalini. All yoga, either directly or indirectly, all Buddhism, relates to the… — Frederick Lenz

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