#presence

A Gorean slave girl in the presence of a free man or woman always kneels, unless excused from doing so. ↗

— John Norman

#doing #excused #free #free man #girl

All my day is spent dealing with other people. When I come home I like it to be empty. The presence of others in my house kind of annoys me. I love coming home and shutting the doors. I feel brain dead. I'm relatively available, but not to live with. ↗

— Graham Norton

#available #brain #come #coming #coming home

Television, they say, will permit a person to be entertained at home, without the effort of going to a picture house, without the trouble of booking seats, without the presence of other people. ↗

— Ivor Novello

#effort #entertained #going #home #house

The body is forever teaching us lessons. There are all sorts of things that we can't do, shouldn't do, had better not do very often or do for too long as we get older. The body makes its presence known. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#body #forever #get #had #known

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. ↗

— Walter Pater

#beautiful #beauty #being #certain #correct

The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

#conflict #constant #could #government #issue

Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#become #breathe #conscious #longer #presence

Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#activities #certain #characteristics #defined #invaluable

But, of course, one relies on the everyday people who just simply like your music, for whom you may not be a hobby but they enjoy being in your presence at a concert. ↗

— Cliff Richard

#concert #course #enjoy #everyday #everyday people

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret. ↗

— Kid Rock

#hard #presence #secret #steady #success