Element Quotes

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The key element of social control is the strategy of distraction that is to divert public attention from important issues and changes decided by political… — Noam Chomsky
I've learned that the universe doesn't care what our motives are, only our actions. So we should do things that will bring about good, even… — Wendy Mass
If any man would come after me, let him deny himself." The disciple must say to himself the same words Peter said of Christ when… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Beauty, then, is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God himself and his… — Pope Benedict XVI
The bourgeoisie, which far surpasses the proletariat in the completeness and irreconcilibility of its class consciousness, is vitally interested in imposing its moral philosophy upon… — Leon Trotsky
Pain - has an Element of Blank It cannot recollect When it begun - or if there were a time when it was not -… — Emily Dickinson
It seems to me that very sad things always contain an element of the comical — Haruki Murakami
No one knows very much about the life of another. This ignorance becomes vivid, if you love another. Love sets the imagination on fire, and,… — James A. Baldwin
Feelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something is wrong with… — Tara Brach
He was prepared to die for it, as one of Baudelaire's dandies might have been prepared to kill himself in order to preserve himself in… — Angela Carter
You're still in love' 'No I'm not, I'm notÂ She'll always be a part of me, and she's an important person in my life but for… — Woody Allen
There was, in my view, an unwritten contract with the reader that the writer must honour. No single element of an imagined world or any… — Ian Mcewan
I donâ€™t like the idea of â€œunderstandingâ€ a film. I donâ€™t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work… — Federico Fellini
There's little of the melancholy element in her, my lord: she is never sad but when she sleeps; and not ever sad then; for I… — William Shakespeare
What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless. — Oscar Wilde
Is there not in every human soul a primitive spark, a divine element, incorruptible in this world and immortal in the next, which can be… — Victor Hugo
You could never predict what would happen. There was an element of destiny in everything that one could never account for. — Danielle Steel
The world rarely shrieks its meaning at you. It whispers, in private languages and obscure modalities, in arcane and quixotic imagery, through symbol systems in… — Gregory Maguire
Fire isn't always an element of destruction. Classical alchemical doctrine teaches that it also has dominion over another province: change. — Jim Butcher
Behind all art is an element of desire...Love of life, of existence, love of another human being, love of human beings is in some way… — Adrienne Rich

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