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To work our way towards a shared language once again, we must first learn how to discover patterns which are deep, and capable of generating life. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

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It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living. ↗

— Lamar Alexander

#american #best #brought #changed #character

September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for. ↗

— Lamar Alexander

#brought #charitable #country #days #instincts

Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting. ↗

— Sasha Alexander

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I'm a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#devoting #emotion #exhausted #experience #get

We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little closure, a little peace. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#care #closure #comforting #dealing #find

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#influence #inspiring #life #life story #memoir

I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, 'Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?' ↗

— Mitch Albom

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