Patterns Quotes

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Feelings of right and wrong that at first have their locus within the family gradually develop into a pattern for the tribe or city, then… — Corliss Lamont
It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private… — Frederick Scott Oliver
Just try walking very slowly, and you will be surprised - a new quality of awareness starts happening in the body. Eat slowly, and you… — Rajneesh
We never completely escape the teachers of our childhood nor any of the patterns that formed us. — Frank Herbert
"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
Many of us understand giving, but some of us may still be confused about the meaning of forgiveness. Some people may go through life in… — John Templeton
The basic pattern of life is a network. Whenever you see life, you see networks. The whole planet, what we can term 'Gaia' is a… — Fritjof Capra
For every thought supported by feeling, there is a muscle change. Primary muscle patterns being the biological heritage of man, man's whole body records his… — Mabel Elsworth Todd
Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me… — Wendy O. Williams
You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a… — Ngaio Marsh
I don't think writers choose the genre, the genre chooses us. I wrote out of the wish to create order out of disorder, the liking… — P.D. James
Pots can show malice, the patterns of linoleum can leer up at you, treachery is the other side of dailiness. — Alice Munro
The first step in community organization is community disorganization. The disruption of the present organization is the first step toward community organization. Present arrangements must… — Saul Alinsky
The usual way the people are taught to think in amerika is that each subject is in a little compartment and has no relation to… — Assata Shakur
It's vital to establish some rituals-automatic but decisive patterns of behavior-at the beginning of the creative process, when you are most at peril of turning… — Twyla Tharp
I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the connections… — Dorothy Height
There is no doctrine more fundamental to our work than the Atonement of Jesus Christ. At every appropriate opportunity, testify of the Savior and of… — Richard G. Scott
While understanding the 'what' and the 'how' of the gospel is necessary, the eternal fire and majesty of the gospel springs from the 'why.' When… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Keep each person separate in your heart. Don't have two sex patterns going at the same time. And don't ever join a conversation about something… — Elsa Lanchester
A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing… — Betty Friedan

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