#aware

The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of the self in its quarrel with its society and its culture. Literature is in that sense subversive. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

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Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God; it is a sincere seeking for a good thing; and it is a concentration on the thing sought, with faith that it is obtainable. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#faith #god #praying #faith

I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

#advocate #am #floor #how #i

I saw a crow building a nest, I was watching him very carefully, I was kind of stalking him and he was aware of it. And you know what they do when they become aware of someone stalking them when they build a nest, which is a very vulnerable place to be? They build a decoy nest. It's just for you. ↗

— Tom Waits

#become #build #building #carefully #crow

From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#answer #aspects #aware #consider #cultural

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#any #anybody #aware #complicated #contemporary

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#awareness #beyond #cause #conviction #find

I think a lot of people just aren't aware how young you can be and be diagnosed with breast cancer. ↗

— Kate Walsh

#breast cancer #cancer #diagnosed #how #i

I like to do projects that challenge me, and hopefully in turn challenge the audience, or open your eyes to something you're not aware of. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#aware #challenge #eyes #hopefully #i

This awareness instills a fierce desire to protect that heritage and - in doing so - to educate Americans in the meaning and importance of our pivotal documents. ↗

— Allen Weinstein

#desire #documents #doing #educate #fierce