#essence

For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided. ↗

— Henri Bergson

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I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime. ↗

— Howard Berman

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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things. ↗

— Walter F. Ulmer

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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

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Advertising is the very essence of democracy. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

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Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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These humiliations are the essence of the game. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

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The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic. ↗

— Bill Cosby

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Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

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In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

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