#consciousness

This is part of human nature, the desire to change consciousness. ↗

— Michael Pollan

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There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the new government from endorsing one religion over another, not erase the public consciousness or common faith. ↗

— Nick Rahall

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Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way. ↗

— Robert Redford

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Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind. ↗

— Bridget Riley

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There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country. ↗

— Tim Robbins

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Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience. ↗

— Eric Butterworth

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A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers. ↗

— Ernest Dimnet

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One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

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