#presents

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind. ↗

— Herbert Read

#evolution #form #higher #i #individuation

I repeatedly have to correct this belief. In a sense, magnitude involves steps of 10 because every increase of one magnitude represents a tenfold amplification of the ground motion. But there is no 'scale of 10' in the sense of an upper limit. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#because #belief #correct #every #ground

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century. ↗

— Jack Welch

#century #china #company #couple #dollars

A play visibly represents pure existing. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#play #pure #represents #visibly

America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live. ↗

— David Alan Grier

#cultural #cultural diversity #diversity #grappling #i

I don't think that much anymore in terms of 'write a record, record a record, tour a record,' because in my own mind, things have changed, in that I'm just an ongoing artist. I'm not quite sure what the next project needs to be until it presents himself, and then I know. I just follow dutifully while I'm being led. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

#artist #because #being #changed #follow

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

#him #looks #mutual #presents #rational

As the ego cogito, subjectivity is the consciousness that represents something, relates this representation back to itself, and so gathers with itself. ↗

— Martin Heidegger

#consciousness #ego #gathers #itself #relates

If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable. ↗

— George Ade

#preferable #presents #were #would

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#always #been #doing #freedom #individuality