Expression Quotes

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Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential. Social action without education is a weak expression of pure… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own. — John Ruskin
Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language. — John Henry Newman
We read off the many signals that our companions' clothes transmit to us in every social encounter. In this way, clothing is as much a… — Desmond Morris
An excellent precept for writers: Have a clear idea of all the phrases and expressions you need, and you will find them. — Ximenes Doudan
Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self. — Ralph Marston
You must squeeze out of yourself every sensation, every thought, every image, - mercilessly, without reserve and without remorse: you must search the darkest corners… — Joseph Conrad
An author, like any other so-called artist, is a man in whom the normal vanity of all men is so vastly exaggerated that he finds… — H. L. Mencken
I decided I was a feminist and this seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular… — Emma Watson
Plant genetic resources are seldom 'raw materials'; they are the expression of the current wisdom of farmers who have played a highly significant role in… — Melaku Worede
They [American forces] are there as an expression of the American national interest to prevent the Iranian combination of imperialism and fundamentalist ideology from dominating… — Henry A. Kissinger
Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women's bodies. — Andrea Dworkin
On the Left, on the Right, in the Middle; Authors, statesmen, thieves; so-called humanists and self-declared fascists; the adventurous and the contemplative, in every realm… — Andrea Dworkin
Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power. — Winston Churchill
I see the President almost every day. I see very plainly Abraham Lincoln's dark brown face with its deep-cut lines, the eyes always to me… — Walt Whitman
Today [the voice of women] is being heard loud and clear. But I do not read the welcome triumph of feminism, social, economic, and creative,… — E. O. Wilson
I realized that Eastern thought had somewhat more compassion for all living things. Man was a form of life that in another reincarnation might possibly… — William O. Douglas
I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Style has always been in my mind the author's Self, the creative expression of that Self. — Whit Burnett
In brief, I spend half my time trying to learn the secrets of other writers - to apply them to the expression of my own… — Shirley Ann Grau

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