#evoke

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

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Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist. ↗

— Rene Magritte

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When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

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The blessings we evoke for another descend upon ourselves. ↗

— Edmund Gibson

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Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing. But what about your true name? It is not necessarily your given name. But it is the one to which you are most eager to respond when called. Ever wonder why? Your true name has the secret power to call you. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

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The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke; it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

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I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build. ↗

— Jeff Vandermeer

#build #character #editor #especially #evokes

I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don't get my license revoked. ↗

— Kirsten Dunst

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