Directly Quotes

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Feminism directly confronts the idea that one person or set of people [has] the right to impose definitions of reality on others. — Unknown Author
To live our lives fully, to work whole heartily, to refuse directly what we can't swallow, to accepts the mystery in all matters of meaning-… — Peter Block
In those days [the 1790s],the students paid their professors directly for the lectures-typically about three guineas a class (a guinea was worth slightly more than… — Unknown Author
Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body… — Gautama Buddha
They've been very helpful. They allow voters to cut through the din and clutter of the $100-million smear campaign the unions have been waging against… — Todd Harris
Although every organized religion works overtime to contribute its own brand of misogyny to the myth of woman-hate, woman-fear, and woman-evil, the Roman Catholic church… — Robin Morgan
It is difficult to attack me directly on religion because I never speak of it. Formally I am a strict observer of decorum and in… — Etienne Francois, duc de Choiseul
If speculation tends thus to a terrific unity, in which all things are absorbed, action tends directly back to diversity. The first is the course… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our foundation is the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. The authority of the holy priesthood is here, restored under the hands of those who… — Gordon B. Hinckley
It must be born in mind that one does not see directly - as is the case in the exploration of the surface of the… — Walter Rudolf Hess
Since leaving office in 1977, Dr. Kissinger has continued to play a highly influential role in U.S. politics, in the U.S. media, and in the… — Murray Rothbard
I have been working with Women's Aid since 2003 when I became the charity's first Ambassador, and am so pleased to be able to be… — Will Young
Domestic violence is often ignored as it usually happens behind closed doors and it can seem easier not to get involved. Yet, domestic violence continues… — Unknown Author
If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least… — Stanley Kubrick
The essence of dramatic form is to let an idea come over people without it being plainly stated. When you say something directly, it's simply… — Stanley Kubrick
People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don't really believe in it, then they are not going… — Mark Zuckerberg
When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of the… — Gerry Spence
There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers — Harold MacMillan
How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act. — Gustave Flaubert
It will of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our… — Edward Thorndike
We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over… — Hannah More
Copyright law has got to give up its obsession with 'the copy.' The law should not regulate 'copies' or 'modern reproductions' on their own. It… — Lawrence Lessig
Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things. — Ferdinand de Saussure
Words belong to nobody, and in themselves they evaluate nothing. But they can serve any speaker and be used for the most varied and directly… — Mikhail Bakhtin
I owe very, very much to Mozart; and if one studies, for instance, the way in which I write for string quartet, then one cannot… — Arnold Schoenberg

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