Essentially Quotes

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Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe. You see… — Diane Arbus
American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race. — Margaret Sanger
The primordial image, or archetype, is a figure--be it a daemon, a human being, or a process--that constantly recurs in the course of history and… — Carl Jung
Psychoanalysis is essentially a theory of unconscious strivings, of resistance, of falsification of reality according to one's subjective needs and expectations. — Erich Fromm
In the dominant Western religious system, the love of God is essentially the same as the belief in God, in Godâ€™s existence, Godâ€™s justice, Godâ€™s… — Erich Fromm
The only attitude (the only politics--judicial, medical, pedagogical and so forth) I would absolutely condemn is one which, directly or indirectly, cuts off the possibility… — Jacques Derrida
The human heart, as of course we all know is essentially good — Charles Bukowski
A poem, as a manifestation of language and thus essentially dialogue, can be a message in a bottle, sent out in the â€“not always greatly… — Paul Celan
That however the brains and abilities of men may differ, their stomachs are essentially the same. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perhaps the efforts of the true poets, founders, religions, literatures, all ages, have been, and ever will be, our time and times to come, essentially… — Walt Whitman
You have your way of life, we ours. In your system of life we are essentially without 'honor.' In our system of life you are… — Maurice Samuel
My work in those years was essentially of a propagandist nature. I was too young and unknown to play a part in the leading circles… — Nahum Goldmann
It seems to me that love, if fine, is essentially a discipline. — William Butler Yeats
Right-wing propagandists like Limbaugh and Coulter are essentially entertainers, entertainers who stimulate prejudice, selfishness and meanness the way a comedian works for laughs or a… — Unknown Author
What does it say about the college coed Susan Fluke [sic] who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid… — Rush Limbaugh
For myself, as, no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was… — Aldous Huxley
Sex is essentially deep. We become what we do with our bodies, and there is no deeper act than sex. — Dietrich von Hildebrand
The sex curriculum will be essentially by taught by the local gay community. — Michele Bachmann
The Jain religion in India teaches that because all life is essentially interrelated and interconnected, all living beings should be considered sacred and be respected.… — Nathaniel Altman

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