"He thought of how calm he was. His……" — Nathanael West
"He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it."
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22 Quotes by Nathanael West
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Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile.
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No dream ever entirely disappears. Somewhere it troubles some unfortunate person and some day, when that person has been sufficiently…
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Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing.
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Man spends a great deal of time making order out of chaos, yet insists that the emotions be disordered. I…
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Prayers for the condemned man will be offered on an adding machine. Numbers constitute the only universal language.
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Betty took him for a walk in the zoo and he was amused by her evident belief in the curative…
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Let him ride a horse. He's a cowboy ain't he?
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Feeling is of the heart and nerves and the crudeness of its expression has nothing to do with its intensity.
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Numbers constitute the only universal language.
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It is hard to laugh at the need for beauty and romance, no matter how tasteless, even horrible, the results…
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But whether he was happy or not was hard to say. Probably he was neither, just as a plant is…
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At college, and perhaps for a year afterwards, they had believed in literature, had believed in Beauty and in personal…
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More Calm Quotes
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action…
— Abigail Adams
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I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.
— Roseanne Barr
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I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.
— Martha Beck
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I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so…
— Kate Adie
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As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself…
— Jo Brand
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
— Michael Caine
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
— Vannevar Bush
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There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.
— Lord Byron
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There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
— Willa Cather
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A calm environment is for after I finish work.
— Lee Child
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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we…
— Nhat Hanh
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