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What was to be a relatively innocuous federal government, operating from a defined enumeration of specific grants of power, has become an ever-present and unaccountable… — Mark Levin
I feel the urge, familiar now, to wrench myself from my body and speak directly into her mind. It is the same urge, I realize,… — Veronica Roth
This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
We call the heroes of the past heroes of production.We feel entitled to call the present day magazine heroes 'idols ofconsumption'.Indeed, almosteveryoneofthem is directly, or… — Unknown Author
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet… — Roger Scruton
Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable. — Twyla Tharp
That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest… — Fran Lebowitz
How we feel about ourselves, the joy we get from living, ultimately depends directly on how the mind filters and interprets everyday experiences. Whether we… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Your income is directly related to your philosophy, NOT the economy. — Jim Rohn
Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty — Amartya Sen
An effective proclamation of the Gospel in contemporary Western society will need to confront directly the widespread spirit of agnosticism and relativism which has cast… — Pope John Paul II
I think that it is useless to fight directly against natural weaknesses. One has to force oneself to act as though one did not have… — Simone Weil
A love of reading is an acquired taste, not an instinctive preference. The habit of reading is formed in childhood; and a child's taste in… — Henry Clay Trumbull
Romeo wants Juliet as the filings want the magnet; and if no obstacles intervene he moves towards her by as straight a line as they.… — William James
Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother. — Melanie Klein
Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, and… — Leo Tolstoy
Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love)… — Thomas Aquinas
But all art is sensual and poetry particularly so. It is directly, that is, of the senses, and since the senses do not exist without… — William Carlos Williams
The merit of poetry, in its wildest forms, still consists in its truth-truth conveyed to the understanding, not directly by the words, but circuitously by… — Thomas B. Macaulay
It is in the act of offering our hearts in faith that something in us transforms... proclaiming that we no longer stand on the sidelines… — Sharon Salzberg
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in… — Martha Graham
I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his… — Albert Einstein
You know the bodysuit that I built my line on? . . .That was about me being able to go directly from work to yoga… — Donna Karan
My struggle is to preserve that abstract flash - like something you caught out of the corner of your eye, but in the picture you… — Andrew Wyeth
In contrast, compassion manifests in us as the offering of kindness rather than withdrawal. Because compassion is a state of mind that is itself open,… — Sharon Salzberg

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