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You have to be aware of all the latent possibilities that give a work its special character - its atmosphere, its moods, its contrasts. — Alfred Brendel
I wonder, whether, if I had had any education I should have been more, or less, of a fool than I am. It would have… — Alice James
Does not the latent feeling that much of their striving is to no purpose tend to infuse large quantities of sham into men's work? — William Allingham
I think that the roots of racism have always been economic, and I think people are desperate and scared. And when you're desperate and scared… — Henry Louis Gates
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however… — John Heywood
I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of… — Joseph Lancaster
We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not… — Sharon Salzberg
I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there… — John Philip Sousa
There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the… — Hanna Rosin
I was the captain of the latent paranoid softball team. We used to play all the neurotics on sunday morning. Nailbiters against the bedwetters, and… — Woody Allen
Speak your latent conviction. . . Else tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who knows whether, if I had given up smoking, I should really have become the strong perfect man I imagined? Perhaps it was this very… — Italo Svevo
But it is a curve each of them feels, unmistakably. It is the parabola. They must have guessed, once or twice -- guessed and refused… — Thomas Pynchon
What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects--with their Christianity latent. — C.S. Lewis
Latent in every man is a venom of amazing bitterness, a black resentment; something that curses and loathes life, a feeling of being trapped, of… — Paul Valery
If we have not struggled/as hard as we can/at our strongest/how will we sense/the shape of our losses/or know what sustains/us longest or name/what change… — Kay Ryan
It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are great, though your greatness is latent. — Italo Svevo
But sometimes the future is latent in us without our knowing it, and our supposedly lying words foreshadow an imminent reality. — Marcel Proust
Every natural form is latent within us, originates in the soul whose essence is eternity, whose essence we cannot know but which most often intimates… — Hermann Hesse
She would only point out the salvation that was latent in his own soul, and in the soul of every man. Only connect! That was… — E. M. Forster
The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated.… — Bryce Courtenay
Every person has the latent ability to read minds and influence the physical world without touching it, but they don't have the ability to connect… — Maria V. Snyder
Driven by a wish to save Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
There was something awful about terror trapped behind silence. About latent emotions that couldn't be acted out." "Cole's thoughts on page 248 of Linger. — Maggie Stiefvater
Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings… Select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry. Being creative will help you enjoy life. It… — Richard G. Scott

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