#present

All that was once directly lived has become mere representation. ↗

— Guy Debord

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It's important for that to exist in a society that doesn't present you with any genuine problems. ↗

— Tom Jenkinson

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On the other hand, for the whole human being who wills, feels, and represents, external reality is given simultaneously and with as much certitude as his own self. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

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I often buy myself presents. Sometimes I will spend $100,000 in one day in a posh boutique. ↗

— Celine Dion

#buy #day #i #myself #often

The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. ↗

— Robert Dold

#arctic #arctic national wildlife refuge #care #i #illinois

Kerry is an adult - he thinks things through. He learns from the present as well as the past. To George Bush, thinking things through is for sissies. ↗

— Richard Dreyfuss

#bush #george #george bush #kerry #learns

The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge. ↗

— William Bligh

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You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is quite a lot left in the barrel that could be explained by them. If they have some weapons, if they have some anthrax, they should deliver that. ↗

— Hans Blix

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My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

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If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that if there is discourse about anxiety it is necessarily going to induce anxiety. It will represent a return of the repressed for a great many people. ↗

— Harold Bloom

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