#less

To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

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Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#been #certainly #continue #emotion #helpless

They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - they're the strongest women in this country, but with Val they wanted to take the stereotypical things out. ↗

— Joan Van Ark

#cartoonish #country #her #less #make

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

#our #preach #preaching #unless #use

As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#artist #case #first #going #loyalty

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. ↗

— Andre Gide

#artist #better #between #collaboration #does

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless. ↗

— James Baldwin

#helpless #man #rare #very #who

Yet the wonder of it all is that, while engaged in a seemingly endless struggle, the Israelis have managed to turn a desert into a garden. ↗

— George Ball

#endless #engaged #garden #into #israelis

His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, that, heedless of grammar, they all cried, that's him! ↗

— Richard Harris Barham

#dim #each #eyes #grammar #heedless

I will continue my consistent record of voting for lower taxes, less spending and fewer regulations to make our government more effective and efficient while upholding our Constitution. ↗

— Roscoe Bartlett

#constitution #continue #effective #efficient #fewer