Familiar Quotes

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My two sons speak Hebrew, and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live. — Herman Wouk
For the most part, most people most often choose comfort - the familiar, the time-honored, the well-worn but well-known. After a lifetime of choosing between… — Peter McWilliams
The real friends of the space voyager are the stars. Their friendly, familiar patterns are constant companions, unchanging, out there. — Jim Lovell
Nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often lurks in a spoken word. A thought may be present to the mind, and two minds… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road that leads to… — Beryl Markham
The regular division of the plane into congruent figures evoking an association in the observer with a familiar natural object is one of these hobbies… — M.C. Escher
The Nephilim was something I'd known about since I was really young. If you're familiar with the first book of the Bible, Genesis, you see… — Carl McCoy
To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic, mystery and wonder of the world; it is to educate the senses to… — Novalis
All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising. — Joseph Conrad
Magic is a sudden opening of the mind to the wonder of existence. It is a sense that there is much more to life than… — John Welwood
Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which unexpectedly brighten our… — Unknown Author
In all honesty, I'm not really familiar with Stevie Wonder's music, since country is more of my style. I really have no idea what I… — Kellie Pickler
It's one thing to dream, but when the moment is right, you've got to be willing to leave what's familiar and go out to find… — Howard Schultz
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things;… — Lascelles Abercrombie
There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it… — George Santayana
It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are… — Michael Lewis
Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must… — Charlotte Mason
The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the Pharisees, long before the… — Joseph McCabe
I simply love classic design when it's reinterpreted. These collections reflect the spirit of this design philosophy; clean pared down lines and forms rooted in… — Candice Olson
If you address yourself to an audience, you accept at the outset the basic premises that unite the audience. You put on the audience, repeating… — Edmund Snow Carpenter

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