#considering

Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and thoughtless state of life, and yields to the lust of the flesh, not considering that this lust is really the forbidden tree. ↗

— Johann Arndt

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It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. ↗

— Arthur Balfour

#enthusiasm #enthusiasts #few #moves #speak

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

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We are considering various ways of making use of our oil and gas downstream industries. This is to be complemented with the import of oil and gas from other sources as raw materials. ↗

— Hassanal Bolkiah

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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper. ↗

— Larry Flynt

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In considering found that the papists did not deny him to be come in the flesh, nor we did not deny him - who then was antichrist? Was the Turk antichrist only? ↗

— Anne Hutchinson

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You can be sure that I will always consider how changes to Social Security will impact people with disabilities when considering the various proposals offered for reform. ↗

— Steve Israel

#changes #consider #considering #disabilities #how

Finally, gentleman, from the considerations above mentioned, as I cannot consistently with my own honor, nor with utility to my country, considering the manner in which Business is transacted here, remain any longer in this chair, I now resign it. ↗

— Henry Laurens

#any #business #cannot #chair #considerations

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was lucky in other ways. I came along when independent movies were starting to boom. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#boom #came #considering #good #i

The snail pushes through a green night, for the grass is heavy with water and meets over the bright path he makes, where rain has darkened the earth's dark. He moves in a wood of desire, pale antlers barely stirring as he hunts. I cannot tell what power is at work, drenched there with purpose, knowing nothing. What is a snail's fury? All I think is that if later I parted the blades above the tunnel and saw the thin trail of broken white across litter, I would never have imagined the slow passion to that deliberate progress. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#imagination