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Signs Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has…
- Every work of art causes the receiver to enter into a certain kind of relationship both with him who produced the art, and with all…
- Art begins when a man, with a purpose of communicating to other people a feeling he once experienced, calls it up again within himself and…
- But it seems to me that a man cannot and ought not to say that he loves, he said. Why not? I asked. Because it…
- Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say,…
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- Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved -… — Jean Baudrillard
- Nearly two weeks have passed since Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast, and while we are still dealing with the… — Jo Bonner
- I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people. — Bhumibol Adulyadej
- I am concerned because even in the past two years that were the jubilee years, I have seen evident signs which show… — Bhumibol Adulyadej
- There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells… — James Buchan
- My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that. — Alan Alda
- I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus,… — Jimmy Carter
- Obama, like Carter, is reacting to warning signs by seeking to split the difference between dispirited Democrats and increasingly radicalized Republicans. — Eric Alterman
- Overall, my books represent a kind of shared communion and meditation with my fellow human beings... The books are also a part… — Aberjhani
- Ah come on, these streams of light are not so subtle. All along the ditch, signs of life in sinking puddles! — Unknown Author
- I welcome all the signs indicating that a more manly and warlike age is commencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again… — Friedrich Nietzsche