Mechanically Quotes
53 quotes by 49 authors
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Temples and churches have become social centers. They have lost their original purpose because the minds of the people are more attracted to worldly things…
— Swami Satchidananda
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It seemed as though he gave way all at once; he was so languid that he could not control his thoughts; they would wander to…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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Jessica stopped beside him: ‘What delicious abandon in the sleep of a child.’ He spoke mechanically: ‘If only adults could relax like that.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘When…
— Frank Herbert
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When one watches some tired hack on the platform mechanically repeating the familiar phrases - bestial atrocities, iron heel, blood-stained tyranny, free peoples of the…
— George Orwell
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Again came that ringing crow, and Peter dropped in front of them. "Greeting, boys," he cried, and mechanically they saluted, and then again was silence.…
— James M. Barrie
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The images, the language, of pornography, and romance are alike; monotonous and mechanically seductive, quickly leading to despair.
— Alice Munro
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Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor,…
— Jean Cocteau
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The higher our self-esteem, the stronger the drive to express ourselves, reflecting the sense of richness within. The lower our self-esteem, the more urgent the…
— Nathaniel Branden
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I have written ever since I knew mechanically how to do it.
— Eleanor Catton
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I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra plays mechanically, using…
— Leon Theremin
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In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of…
— Michael Schenker
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For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty,…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who Wrote These Mechanically Quotes
49 authors contributed a total of 53 Mechanically Quotes, led by these top contributors: