Particulars Quotes

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Idiom is larger than geography it is the hot breath of a people singing, slashing, explorative. Imagery becomes the magic denominator, the language of a… — Mari Evans
"Playing" the resources of characterology for the sake of clarification and insight into the structures of actual existence is many times more daunting than playing… — Kenny Smith
Metaphysics abstracts the mind from the senses, and the poetic faculty must submerge the whole mind in the senses. Metaphysics soars up to universals, and… — Giambattista Vico
But an adult if he is to provide proper guidance, must always be calm and act slowly so that the child who is watching him… — Maria Montessori
Nothing in the world can one imagine beforehand,not the least thing,everything is made up of so many unique particulars that cannot be forseen. — Nostradamus
Adoption is rewarding. But the process, as we have already detailed in some particulars, can be expensive, exhausting, and hard to sustain on a dream,… — Scott Simon
A child is an eager observer and is particularly attracted by the actions of the adults and wants to imitate them. In this regard an… — Maria Montessori
I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there… — Aime Cesaire
In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations! — Anton Chekhov
Experience is of particulars only. — Abraham Kaplan
Realism sets itself at work to consider characters and events which are apparently the most ordinary and uninteresting, in order to extract from these their… — George Parsons Lathrop
Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to be found. The reason… — Aristotle
There are no prescriptive solutions, no grand designs for grand problems. Life's solutions lie in the minute particulars involving more and more individual people daring… — Stephen Nachmanovitch
Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave. — William Blake
The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers - Homer, Dante,… — William Strunk, Jr.
Beauty always takes place in the particular, and if there are no particulars, the chances of seeing it go down — Elaine Scarry
We feel the beauty of nature because we are part of nature and because we know that however much in our separate domains we abstract… — Unknown Author
Knowing her we will know that we are her divine children in a relationship of complete, unconditionally loving intimacy; we will know that nature is… — Andrew Harvey
For many years now I have listened to the stories of people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses as their counselor. From them I have… — Rachel Naomi Remen
DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another. — Ambrose Bierce

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