#represent

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#conquering #endured #energy #every #fund

Words are mere shadows cast by ideas. But the ideas they represent are real. ↗

— Roy H. Williams

#ideas #mere #real #represent #shadows

And although this (marital love) cannot be portrayed artistically, then let your consolation be, as it is mine, that we are not to read about or listen to or look at what is highest and the most beautiful in life, but are, if you please, to live it. Therefore, when I readily admit that romantic love lends itself much better to artistic portrayal than marital love, this does not at all mean that it is less esthetic than the other - on the contrary, it is more esthetic. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#love #marriage #the-incommunicable #the-unrepresentable #art

As a main ingredient to the show, it has to have truth, represent truth, or else it won't last. ↗

— Adolph Green

#ingredient #last #main #main ingredient #represent

But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#been #births #born #consciousness #generation

The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#acknowledging #aware #being #beyond #blessed

If politicians continue to promote separatism in Australia, they should not continue to hold their seats in this parliament. They are not truly representing all Australians, and I call on the people to throw them out. ↗

— Pauline Hanson

#australians #call #continue #hold #i

If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#enlarging #expression #impressionists #innovations #led

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