#external

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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I made the mistake of thinking that external accomplishments would bring me peace. I thought it was about the job or a book or making a name for myself. ↗

— Maria Shriver

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We live in a time of conflict - external and internal - when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger. ↗

— Charlie Dent

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From the perspective of mere representation, the external world always remains only a phenomenon. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

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That said, we don't approach these improvements as only a surface aesthetic. The producers and we think that these men are helped with their inner needs when they pay attention to their externals. ↗

— Kyan Douglas

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If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us. ↗

— Alan Watts

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Seriously, these days I tend to shut up in terms of external analysis and DO try to let things speak for themselves, while still trying to get some depth into them. ↗

— Peter Hammill

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I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

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There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it. ↗

— David Hume

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