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849 Formed quotes by 682 unique authors

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers,… — Helen Dunmore
I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it's an unknown world. It's a world of subconscious. Some things you can't really get your… — Gotye
Far too many girls' and women's romantic relationships are formed around a negation of their own worth and attributes rather than a confirmation of them. — Mariella Frostrup
Everything made by human hands looks terrible under magnification--crude, rough, and asymmetrical. But in nature every bit of life is lovely. And the more magnification… — Roman Vishniac
We humans are a complex interwoven system of the body, the mind, and the spirit. We are formed and informed by the interplay of these… — Ann Scott
It is quite possible we may have formed entirely erroneous ideas of what we actually see. The greenish gray patches may not be seas at… — Edward E. Barnard
A very good case can be made, on moral as well as economic grounds, for a system in which the individual is required to stand… — William Henry Chamberlin
When we find ourselves unable to reason (as one often does when presented with, say, a problem in algebra) it is because our imagination is… — W. W. Sawyer
Let him be great, and love shall follow him. Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society should… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as… — Ernst Mach
Chili is not so much food as a state of mind. Addictions to it are formed early in life and the victims never recover. On… — Margaret Cousins
We need the wisdom of women, and the experience of married people and parents, and the depth of the contemplative if we are to be… — Timothy Radcliffe
So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to perfection in American pictures. They were naive, they were that… — Douglas Sirk
Thus far, both political parties have been remarkably clever and effective in concealing this new reality. In fact, the two parties have formed an innovative… — Charles Ferguson
Many abused children cling to the hope that growing up will bring escape and freedom. But the personality formed in an environment of coercive control… — Judith Lewis Herman
Advent is the season of the secret, the secret of the growth of Christ, of divine love growing in silence…For nine months, Christ grew in… — Caryll Houselander
An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various… — William Kingdon Clifford
Opinions are not to be learned by rote, like the letters of an alphabet, or the words of a dictionary. They are conclusions to be… — Frances Wright
It is a solemn thing to find oneself drawn out in prayer which knows no relief till the soul it is burdened with is born.… — Amy Carmichael
You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the age of a tree, by the rings of friendship formed by the expanding central… — Mary McCarthy
The U.S. always needs an enemy. It comes and goes. Today it is Islam. According to this plan or ideology of the born-again Christians who… — Walid Jumblatt
Marriage isn't a passion-fest; it's more like a partnership formed to run a very small, mundane, and often boring nonprofit business. And I mean this… — Lori Gottlieb
In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians,… — James Weldon Johnson
God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my… — Anatole France
Pope has elegantly said a perfect woman's but a softer man. And if we take in the consideration, that there can be but one rule… — Unknown Author

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