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::" and There
::" There were paradoxical if not opposed trends towards revolutionary and reactionary positions
, fear
of the new and delight
at the disappearance
of the old
, nihilism and fanatical enthusiasm
, creativity and despair
.
::" There is no true value
of any characteristic
, state
, or condition that is defined
in terms
of measurement
or observation
.
::" There are men
in the village
of Erith that nobody seeth
or heareth
,
::" There was a ship ," quoth he
.
::" There is a rebirth and an image
of rebirth
.
::" There was theatre ( Griffith ), poetry ( Murnau ), painting ( Rossellini ), dance ( Eisenstein ), music ( Renoir ).
::" There is a darkness greater than
the one we fight
.
::" There drew he forth
the brand Excalibur
,
::" There, I
at once had
the feeling that this was
the right way
to do everything
.
::" and are
::" If anyone imagines that we
are stating
the case too strongly
, let him try an experiment with
the first bright boy he meets by asking
,
::" Where
, oh where
, are you tonight?
::" Few human creatures would consent
to be changed into any
of the lower animals
, for a promise
of the fullest allowance
of a beast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being would consent
to be a fool
, no instructed person would be an ignoramus
, no person
of feeling and conscience would be selfish and base
, even though
they should be persuaded that
the fool
, the dunce
, or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than
they are with theirs … A being
of higher faculties requires more
to make him happy
, is capable probably
of more acute suffering
, and is certainly accessible
to it
at more points
, than one
of an inferior type ; but
in spite
of these liabilities
, he
can never really wish
to sink into what he feels
to be a lower grade
of existence … It is better
to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better
to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied
.
::" The principle
of utility does not mean that any given pleasure
, as music
, for instance
, or any given exemption from pain
, as for example health
, are to be looked upon as means
to a collective something termed happiness
, and
to be desired on that account
.
::" In a classical philosophical opposition we
are not dealing with
the peaceful coexistence
of a vis-à-vis
, but rather with a violent hierarchy
.
::" Nice old
, soft bits
of good Turkish towelling
, properly washed
, will make
the softest
of diaper coverings
, inside which specially absorbent napkins ( diapers ), see below
at 1A
, soft
, light
, and easily washed
, are contained
.
::" I took
the title from a passage
in Paradise Lost where Adam says
to Eve that
their expulsion from Paradise " will prove no sudden but a slow pac ’ d evil ,/ A Long Day ’ s Dying
to augment our pain ," and with
the exception
of the old lady Maroo
, what all
the characters seem
to be dying
of is loneliness
, emptiness
, sterility
, and such preoccupation with themselves and
their own problems that
they are unable
to communicate with each other about anything that really matters
to them very much
.
::" Buechner's theological efforts
are never systematic treatises but instead short
, highly literary productions
in most
of which he draws explicit links with fiction-writing generally and his own fiction
in particular ... Buechner's 1969 Noble Lectures
at Harvard
, published
in 1970 as The Alphabet
of Grace
, comprise a slender volume which is one
of his most important and revealing works
.
::" If
they are not there
,
::" Reading is like eating ;
the benefits
are not
in proportion
to what is consumed
, but
to what is digested
.
::" Team Obama ’ s anti-anti-missile initiatives
are not simply acts
of unilateral disarmament
of the sort
to be expected from an Alinsky acolyte
.
::" Positive feedback loops
are sources
of growth
, explosion
, erosion
, and collapse
in systems
.
::" Most
of you
in here
are of my vintage: we're ignored by
the media
.
::" Sacred for lovers
of art
, you
are the glory
of faith
,
::" The Flowers
of the Forest
are a ' wede away ".
::" The orders I propose
to make
are of special significance as
they constitute
the first recognition and protection
of native title resulting
in the ongoing enjoyment
of native title
in the State
of Victoria and
, it would appear
, on
the South-Eastern seaboard
of Australia
.
::" Just as we deem
the legislative intent manifest
to tax
the stockholder with respect
to such accumulations only if and when
, and
to the extent that
, his interest
in them comes
to fruition as income
, that is
, in dividends declared
, so we
can perceive no constitutional obstacle that stands
in the way
of carrying out this intent when dividends
are declared out
of a pre-existing surplus
.
::" Permission
to fight is given
to those
who are fought against because
they have been wronged-truly Allah has
the power
to come
to their support-those
who were expelled from
their homes without any right
, merely for saying
, ' Our Lord is Allah '..." ( Quran
, 22: 39-40 )"
::" You should be thankful you
are not
in the Old Testament times
, because there
are some
of us
who would gladly execute you
.
::" All things
are from Him
, through Him and
in Him
.
::" Aquinas
, Augustine
, St
. Bernard
, Bhagavad-Gita
, Buddha
, Jean Pierre Camus
, St
. Catherine
, Christ
, Chuang Tzu
, “ Cloud
of Unknowing ,” Contemplation
, Deliverance
, Desire
, Eckhart ( five lines
, the most quoted person ), Eternity
, Fénelon
, François de Sales
, Godhead
, Humility
, Idolatry
, St
. John
of the Cross
, Knowledge
, Lankavatara Sutra
, William Law ( another four lines ), Logos
, Love
, Mahayana
, Mind
, Mortification
, Nirvana
, Perennial Philosophy ( six lines
, a total
of 40 entries
in all ), Prayer
, Rumi
, Ruysbroeck
, Self
, Shankara
, Soul
, Spirit
, “ Theologia Germanica ,” Truth
, Upanishads ( six different ones
are quoted ), Will
, Words
.
::" What
are you reading now?
::" and many
::" Now
to prepare them against these contingencies
, and that
they might
, have fresh air for
the benefit
of the elephants
, cureloms
or mammoths and
many other animals
, that perhaps were
in them
, as well as
the human beings
they contained
, the Lord told them how
to construct them
in order
to receive air
, that when
they were on
the top
of the water
, whichever side up
their vessels happened
to be
, it mattered not ;
they were so constructed that
they could ride safely
, though bottom upwards and
they could open
their air holes that happened
to be uppermost " ( Orson Pratt
, JoD 12: 340 ).
::" Our house is on
the eastern slope
of Rupert Mountain
, just off a country road
, still unpaved then
, and five miles from
the nearest town … Even
at the most unpromising times
of year –
in mudtime
, on bleak
, snowless winter days – it is
in so
many unexpected ways beautiful that even after all this time I
have never quite gotten used
to it
.
::" The Duplessis regime may well
have endured for too long
, the Union Nationale leader's traditionalist policies may well
have been anachronistic when compared with
the relatively modern society that
, in many respects
, the Quebec
of the 1950s had already become
.
::" During a certain period
in the not too distant past
, Japan
, following a mistaken national policy
, advanced along
the road
to war
, only
to ensnare
the Japanese people
in a fateful crisis
, and
, through its colonial rule and aggression
, caused tremendous damage and suffering
to the people
of many countries
, particularly
to those
of Asian nations
.
::" Snorri was middling
in height and somewhat slender
, fair
to look on
, straight faced and
of light hue ;
of yellow hair and red beard ; he was meek
of mood
in his daily ways ; little men knew
of his thought for good
or ill ; he was a wise man
, and forseeing
in many things
, enduring
in wrath and deep
in hatred ;
of good rede was he for his friends
, but his unfriends deemed his counsels but cold
.
::" and who
::" Who was
the fool
, who the wise
,
::" Are you
the Katherine MacLean
who wrote ' Incommunicado '?
::" I was reading a magazine as I waited my turn
at a barber shop one day when
, triggered by a particular article and
the photographs that went with it
, there floated up out
of some hitherto unexplored subcellar
of me a character
who was
to dominate my life as a writer for
the next six
years and more
.
::" Those
who, through no fault
of their own
, do not know
the Gospel
of Christ
or his Church
, but
who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart
, and
, moved by grace
, try
in their actions
to do his will as
they know it through
the dictates
of their conscience — those too may achieve eternal salvation " ( Second Vatican Council
, Lumen Gentium
, 16 ).
::" One day
the circle
of those
who sat
at the feet
of Seyyid Kázim was augmented by a fresh arrival
.
::" He is a notorious terrorist
, and we
have very clearly and publicly announced what is going
to happen
to notorious terrorists
who commit heinous crimes
of the type Mr
. Basayev has been involved
in.
::" In
the years when our Country was
in mortal danger
, ( name )
who served ( dates ) gave generously
of his time and powers
to make himself ready for her defence by force
of arms and with his life if need be
.
::" all
who owned property
or houses sold them and lay them
at the feet
of the apostles
to be distributed
to everyone according
to his need
.
::" The great majority
of those
who have carefully investigated
the subject
have come
to the conclusion that there exists
in man
, as one
of his constituent principles
, a certain subtle element
, known by
the names
of animal electricity
, animal magnetism
, galvanism
, the nervous energy
, the nervous fluid
, etc
.
::" You
, the class
of 1990 ... How do you feel about your valedictorian with
the 4
. 9 Grade Point Average
who arrived
in this country six months ago speaking no English
in a rowboat from Saigon?
::" It was not you
who ate
the idea
, but
the idea that ate you
.
::" To
the memory
of Lieutenant Jacques Charlot " (
who transcribed Ravel's four-hand piece Ma mère l ' oye for solo piano )
::" Ultra-alien aliens resembling large dots
in large bottles-and
the Earthmen
who try
to communicate with them ..." Panther Edition blurb
.
::" Ensete is totally involved
in every aspect
of the daily social and ritual life
of the Gurage
, who, with several others tribes
in Southwest Ethiopia
, form what has been termed
the Ensete Culture Complex area ...
the life
of the Gurage is enmeshed with various uses
of ensete
, not
the least
of which is nutritional
.
::" Lucullus
, indeed
, and Drusus and Octavius
, and Cato and
the whole house
of Hortensii
, since he held them bound by close social ties
, he was treated by them with
the highest
of honors ; for not only did everyone cultivate his friendship
who devoted
to hear and
to take
in anything
they did
, but even those
who only pretended
.
::" JJ believes that most people
who are interested
in what he calls D & S
, what I call ' our thing ' and Bill Borher calls wiitwd ( what it is that we do ) and most people on ASB call BDSM
, are interested
in power exchange
.
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