Absent Quote by D. H. Lawrence

“When passion is dead, or absent, then the magnificent throb of beauty is incomprehensible and even a little despicable.”

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It is our business to go as we are impelled.

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Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

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If only we could live two lives: the first in which to make one's mistakes, and the second in which to profit by them.

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Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of the group's normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinking things through, they are often taken at face value. The persistent minority forces the others to process the relevant information…

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They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each other out, these people of such specific like mind. They tell of how they found the circus, how those first few steps were like magic. Like stepping into a fairy tale under a curtain of stars……

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The interesting thing about an absent father is, for a child, you don't know he's absent. You just think he's... tardy.

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“You may not appreciate the presence of good health, but you will definitely regret the absence of good health, because health is happiness.”

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They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new political democracy.…

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