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«It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.»
Author: David Bailey
(Photographer)
| About:
Nature
| Keywords:
easing, eating and drinking, for instance, instance, intercourse, occupied, occupy, sexual intercourse
«Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults.»
«A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a predictable, orderly world. For instance, injustice, unfairness or inconsistency in the parents seems to make a child feel anxious and unsafe. This attitude may not be so mu»
Author: Abraham Maslow
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Children
| Keywords:
anxious, for instance, inconsistencies, inconsistency, instance, orderly, predictable, rhythm, routine, unfairness, unsafe
«In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts to tremble. Michelangelo starts to tremble. El Greco starts to tremble. All the Impressionists start to tremble.»
Author: Paul Gauguin
| About:
Art,
Ideas
| Keywords:
all of a sudden, El Greco, for instance, Greco, impressionist, Impressionists, instance, Michelangelo, of a sudden, tremble, trembling
«For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office.»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| About:
Confidence,
Presidency,
Women
| Keywords:
for instance, fulfill, functions, instance, slightest
«And now we're coming to understand, I think, spiritually in this nation that there is as much power in the soul as there is in group force. There is as much power in listening and understanding and humility as there is, for instance, in military action.»
Author: Marianne Williamson
(Author, Lecturer)
| Keywords:
for instance, instance, military action, military force, military power, spiritually
«As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance,cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.»
«Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
distinct, fashioned, for instance, instance, nowadays, old fashioned, old hand, provincialism, sunset, sunsets, talks, temperament
«If goodness were only a theory, it were a pity it should be lost to the world. There are a number of things, the idea of which is a clear gain to the mind. Let people, for instance, rail at friendship, genius, freedom, as long as they will --the very names of these despised qualities are better than anything else that could be substituted for them, and embalm even the most envenomed satire against them.»
Author: William Hazlitt
(Writer)
| Keywords:
despised, embalm, embalming, embalms, for instance, instance, rail, satire, substituted
«My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker.»
Author: Woody Allen
(Actor, Author, Film Director, Screenwriter)
| About:
Luck
| Keywords:
for instance, ill luck, instance, mug, mugged, mugging, mugs, Quaker, Quakers
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