#moment

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened. ↗

— Franz Kafka

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Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became. ↗

— Louis Kahn

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There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record. ↗

— Yousuf Karsh

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Well, I think certain roles are chosen for us. The moment I read Pete Campbell I thought: I can do this, this is mine. And in Money, too. The truth is I turn down a lot of projects. If a character doesn't have some kind of internal struggle, it's no good for me. ↗

— Vincent Kartheiser

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Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the raison detre. The photograph is a fixed moment of such a raison detre, which lives on in itself. ↗

— Andre Kertesz

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But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes. ↗

— Cindy Crawford

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I try to save being angry for the really important moments - for special occasions. ↗

— Jon Cryer

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There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

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