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real philosophical mean
The Internet is really our meeting place. We have this amazing listserv. Every time I log onto it I feel a sense of pride, because if you log on and say, "Oh I was just in San Diego and I was in a park and I saw a lion," the flurry of replies on average is just like--wow! All these existential questions about what it means to be an African, and never having seen a lion at home, but having seen a lion here. Everything you say turns into this real philosophical debate--it's incredible in so many ways. And it's an invigorating place to be. Chris Abani
stars philosophical men
The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even, be it said, to the shame of philosophical delights, the most lasting joys; the being towards or for whom all their efforts tend for whom and by whom fortunes are made and lost; for whom, but especially by whom, artists and poets compose their most delicate jewels; from whom flow the most enervating pleasures and the most enriching sufferings - woman, in a word, is not, for the artist in general... only the female of the human species. She is rather a divinity, a star. Charles Baudelaire
stars philosophical thoughtful
In philosophical inquiry, the human spirit, imitating the movement of the stars, must follow a curve which brings it back to its point of departure. To conclude is to close a circle.
philosophical imagination secret
Imagination is an almost divine faculty which, without recourse to any philosophical method, immediately perceives everything: the secret and intimate connections between things, correspondences and analogies.
philosophical ideas lovers
For Emily Dickinson every philosophical idea was a potential lover. Metaphysics is the realm of eternal seduction of the spirit by ideas. Charles Simic
philosophical men facts
Still, it will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on finding out what the facts are, than on inquiring what belief is most in harmony with their system. Charles Sanders Peirce
philosophical reality global-warming
Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality. Bill McKibben
life philosophical voyages
Life's uncertain voyage. William Shakespeare
philosophical night darkness
A great cause of the night is lack of the sun.
men fluency kicking
Without numerical fluency, in the part of life most of us inhibit, you are like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. Charlie Munger
writing feelings fluency
And when I'm writing well and when I'm inside the feeling, then I can do fairly complicated things with some fluency. Edward Hirsch
growing-up fluency language
When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience. David Antin
latin america fluency
There are stories that are by and for Latin Americans, where a certain amount of cultural fluency is expected, where we can delight in the details, the humor, the particularities of speech, of dialects. Something is always lost in translation; we know instinctively that this is the case. A Radio Ambulante story looks at Latin America from the inside. Daniel Alarcon
fluency tongue mint
She wanted to hold foreign syllables like mints on her tongue until they dissolved into fluency. Anthony Marra
actors matter fluency
Most, actually, German actors have like some speaking of French. So, the French wasn't the problem. But, I was having a problem with them doing my dialogue in English. And it wasn't a matter of fluency. Quentin Tarantino
fluency accused
Fluency in English is something that I'm often not accused of. George H. W. Bush
struggle might fluency
Her fluency was marvelous. She would say things at random, intricate, flamelike, or slide off into a parenthetical limbo peppered with fireworks-- admirable linguistic feats which a practiced writer might struggle for hours to achieve. Henry Miller
age information fluency
Age is information failure. The body loses fluency. Jeanette Winterson
admiration drawn folks found good hoped laugh natural page people product seemed sports talked
We've always hoped that Page 2 would be a destination for people who wanted a good laugh and didn't take sports too seriously. Much of that was accomplished through parody, so it seemed natural that we'd be drawn to a product like the Onion. I think we've always had an admiration for what they do, and when we talked to the folks at the Onion, we found out that admiration was mutual. Kevin Jackson
deterioration admiration proof
To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration. Charles Horton Cooley
vanity admiration accounts
It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live than to be loved by them; and this not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love. Arthur Helps
men admiration pride-and-prejudice-pride
She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man. Jane Austen
admiration made encouragers
There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.
crowds welcome admiration
Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. As for admiration, it was always very welcome when it came, but she did not depend on it.
admiration
It's what you always do. You confuse love for admiration. Birdman
fashion admiration indifference
A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference. Charles Caleb Colton
mother balance admiration
I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work. Beyonce Knowles