#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

A people that wants to be free must arm itself with a free press. ↗

— George Seldes

#free #free press #itself #must #people

If the United States is to protect itself from the economic and the political threats created by this excessive dependence, we must reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources and on foreign oil as quickly and as efficiently as possible. ↗

— John Shadegg

#dependence #economic #efficiently #energy #energy sources

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#every #eye #itself #negotiate #trust

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#strokes #virtue

I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself. ↗

— Bobby Sherman

#i #itself #motivated #sure #time

History has repeated itself many times througout the ages. ↗