#itself

The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life. ↗

— Erno Rubik

#even #imitation #improvement #itself #life

Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically the song 'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make it through the entire song is a real task unto itself, but Van has that emotional payoff that makes even his most tiresome songs more powerful than most people's entire catalog. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#asleep #been #catalog #common #emotional

Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#congress #different #different kind #dollars #essentially

I'd rather let the music speak for itself. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#itself #music #rather #speak

The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself. ↗

— Howard Aiken

#arithmetical #computations #desire #economize #effort

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#age #bad #beauty #even #everything

We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation. ↗

— Raul Julia

#life #meditation #only #tend #think

Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness. ↗

— Ronald Blythe

#death #die #drag #final #itself

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. ↗

— Karen Horney

#analysis #conflicts #effective #fortunately #inner

At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match. ↗

— Michel Patini

#denmark #euro #eventual #final #group