#sence

The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#essence #unity #variety

The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth. ↗

— Ang Lee

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I'd excluded New York from my writing, and then I came back and I fell in love with it all over again. The energy comes from an absence, that yearning for New York when you are not there. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

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It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

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Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly. ↗

— George MacDonald

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I can actually feel the interior body of a dancer. I have the ability to capture a split second... I want you to be hit with whatever the essence is of this sculpture. ↗

— Richard MacDonald

#actually #body #capture #dancer #essence

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. ↗

— Karl Marx

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When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers. ↗

— George McGovern

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The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries. ↗

— Art Modell

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