#present

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration. ↗

— Howard Mumford Jones

#american writer #asked #celebration #died #emerson

We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#athletes #athletics #careers #deeply #finish

They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental illness is not knowing who you are and you can't know who you are if you don't spend time honoring yourself, and living in the present. ↗

— Naomi Judd

#cause #honoring #illness #know #knowing

I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentation of historical facts was an exact one. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#always #attention #detail #effort #every

A representative is free delivery; she's a personal beauty consultant. Some people want that high touch. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#consultant #delivery #free #high #people

We also never undercut representatives' prices. A representative will always be able to sell the discounts in our core business, which are not offered at retail. So it's never more advantageous to buy there. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#advantageous #also #always #business #buy

I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#cause #come #difficulties #economic #economy

So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#difficulties #economic #future #government #isolation

I address myself to the Communists, to those Communists who were prompted to join the Party by the progressive ideas of mankind and socialism, and not by selfish personal interests - let us represent our pure and just ideas by pure and just means. ↗

— Janos Kadar

#communists #i #ideas #interests #join

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#ecstasy #even #feet #house #itself