#itself

The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#correspond #critical #devise #engine #every

I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you don't have to hire a lot of people to sit down and write a book, so that was the story-telling medium that was available to me. ↗

— John Sayles

#book #books #came #certainly #down

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#intellect #into #itself #obstinacy #place

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#does #end #great #grief #itself

From my old neighborhood, I learned nothing was guaranteed, not even life itself. You better get it today, because tomorrow is not promised. ↗

— Junior Seau

#better #even #get #guaranteed #i

I cry all the time when I watch 'Glee' because I don't know if it's satire or melodrama and that makes me feel like the writing is aware of itself, and that makes it OK to cry. ↗

— David Sedaris

#because #cry #feel #glee #i

When change itself can give no more, 'Tis easy to be true. ↗

— Charles Sedley

#change #easy #give #itself #more

When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when one takes the scaffold down, the building must stand by itself with no trace of the means by which it was erected. That is how a musician should work. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#down #elaborate #erected #everything #get

For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#bears #caricature #distorted #grossly #into

Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself. ↗

— Andres Serrano

#being #born #color #especially #itself