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«The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised, to notice that there is something funny going on»
Author: David Gelernter
| About:
Action
«The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions»
Author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
(Inventor, Philosopher)
| About:
Action,
History,
Passion
| Keywords:
at first glance, convinces, glance, impresses, proceed
«The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing»
«The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.»
Author: John Locke
(Philosopher)
| About:
Action,
Evil,
Religion
| Keywords:
dread, forcible, prospect
«The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.»
Author: Marcus Aurelius Antonius
| About:
Action,
Art,
World
| Keywords:
adds, contribution, decipher, deciphered, deciphering, interpreting, performed, qualification, qualifications, spectator, The Spectator
«The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.»
«The feminist movement has helped open minds and kitchens to the notion that men can be at home on the range.»
Author: Rene Veaux
| About:
Action,
Feminism
| Keywords:
feminist, feminist movement, helped, movement, notion, range, The Range
«The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.»
«The ancestor of every action is a thought.»
«The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest»
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