#term

The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the whole, and that the deeper consciousness of the time to which it belongs is reflected in it. ↗

— Ferdinand Christian Baur

#based #belongs #conceptual #consciousness #deeper

I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of. ↗

— George Bentham

#botany #career #decided #determination #devote

In the medium or long term we'll all be dead. Let's deal with the problems at hand. ↗

— Amado Boudou

#deal #hand #long #long term #medium

Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#kinder #life #narcissist #nobody #own

So I think what you see in this show is it's really not a just world at all, but you get what you give. So in terms of world view, I would say that's where the differences lie. ↗

— Andre Braugher

#get #give #i #i think #just

We're trying to be very careful and precise in our use of language, because I think the language we use and the images we project really do have resonance. It's the reason why I don't use the term jihadist to refer to terrorists. It gives them the religious legitimacy they so desperately seek, but I ain't gonna give it to them. ↗

— John O. Brennan

#careful #desperately #give #gives #gonna

We decided to try in vitro, because both Peter and I felt we couldn't handle another failure. When I miscarried after that, we had to come to terms with the possibility that this wasn't meant to be. ↗

— Christie Brinkley

#another #because #both #come #decided

Serial killers kill for the power and control they experience during the murders and for the added ego boost they get in the aftermath from community fears, media coverage, and the police investigations. ↗

— Pat Brown

#aftermath #boost #community #control #coverage

The composing room has an unlimited supply of periods available to terminate short, simple sentences. ↗

— Turner Catledge

#composing #periods #room #sentences #short

But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

#bodies #calls #cherish #determine #dream