#conscious

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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A work of art is one through which the consciousness of the artist is able to give its emotions to anyone who is prepared to receive them. There is no such thing as bad art. ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

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When I was there, something clicked in my head; I found myself interviewing people, searching out facts and figures. Later on I became much more self-conscious of what I was doing. ↗

— Joe Sacco

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My dad's a beautiful man, but like a lot of Mexican men, or men in general, a lot of men have a problem with the balance of masculinity and femininity - intuition and compassion and tenderness - and get overboard with the macho thing. It took him a while to become more, I would say, conscious, evolved. ↗

— Carlos Santana

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Honestly, sometimes I get really fed up of my subconscious - it's like it's got a mind of its own. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

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Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values. ↗

— Arthur M. Schlesinger

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The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a very few general propositions, which are the result of observation, or consciousness. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

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And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension. ↗

— Ayrton Senna

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Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and in the forest I found, without consciously thinking about it, that it was a great learning experience for me in terms of organizing elements. ↗

— John Sexton

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The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure. And I remember consciously thinking that they were just like trees but they were metal. ↗

— John Sexton

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