#observing

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. ↗

— Marc Bloch

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When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool distance to certain tendencies I had been observing for several years with increasing disquiet. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#benefit #certain #composition #cool #did

I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and tried it. I like to be observing everything else, and I get self-conscious in front of the camera. ↗

— Sofia Coppola

#camera #directing #doing #else #everything

I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do. ↗

— Rihanna

#being #dress #enjoy #figure #i

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in. ↗

— Amanda Burton

#i #just #like #listener #lock

I'm just observing the world. I was born into it, like you were, and then I found out there were some really disturbing aspects to being alive, like the fact that you weren't going to be alive forever - that bothered me. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#aspects #being #born #bothered #disturbing

I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions. ↗

— Charles Darwin

#conclusions #facts #grinding #i #i am

I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is. ↗

— Wilford Brimley

#acting school #been #best #fellow #fellow man

It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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