Selections Quotes
17 quotes by 16 authors
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Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of…
— Kenneth Burke
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Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.
— Walter Lippmann
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The resolution of revolutions is selection by conflict within the scientific community of the fittest way to practice future science. The net result of a…
— Thomas Kuhn
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The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship.
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own intention,…
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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Cultivate an ever continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. Store up in…
— John Singer Sargent
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Our decisions, once executed, can never be erased. This is because such selections introduce a new series of conditions setting in motion events which cannot…
— Henry D. Moyle
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The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually…
— George Shearing
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A well arranged scrapbook, filled with choice selections, is a most excellent companion for anyone who has the least literary taste.
— Channing Tatum
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There are selections so acute that they come to define a place, with the result that we can no longer travel through that landscape without…
— Alain de Botton
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I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.
— Boman Irani
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Slowly, quietly, like snow-flakes—like the small flakes that come when it is going to snow all night —little flakes of me, my impressions, my selections,…
— C.S. Lewis
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Wrong' training can be a very innocent thing. Consider a father who allows his child to read good books. That child may soon cease to…
— Paul Goodman
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Come boy, and pour for me a cup Of old Falernian. Fill it up With wine, strong, sparkling, bright, and clear; Our host decrees no…
— Horace
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Americans hate their cable companies - for bumbling installers, on-again-off-again transmissions, peculiar channel selections, and indifferent customer service. The only thing cable subscribers hate more…
— Virginia Postrel
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To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for…
— Charles Darwin
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Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose thatwax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.
— Walter Lippmann
Who Wrote These Selections Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 17 Selections Quotes as follows: