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assertion broken environment failing lifting means poem social thus total toward
The poem, to me (until I go broke) is an attempt, an experiment, a failing experiment, toward assertion with broken means but an assertion, always, of a new and total culture, the lifting of an environment to expression. Thus it is social, the poem is a social instrument. William Williams
assertion critical difference fed funds gold percent quarter rate stand
We stand by the assertion that a quarter percent better fed funds rate will NOT make the critical difference to medium-term and/or long-term gold investors. Jon Nadler
assertion countries figure foreign global individual interest interests meets needs policy served
Foreign policy is effectively the assertion of many individual countries intersecting on the global marketplace. And you have to figure out how to get your interest served in a way that meets the interests and needs of these other folks. John F. Kerry
assertion classics decade evidence fiction joseph maria takes tim time took war western
There is a lot of evidence to back up the assertion that war fiction takes time. Many all-time classics of the genre, from Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front' to Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22' to Tim O'Brien's 'The Things They Carried,' took over a decade to pen. Matt Gallagher
assertion body create criticism given mirror movies time written
An often-repeated assertion in the body of film criticism I have written is the assertion that movies do not just mirror the culture of any given time; they also create it. bell hooks
assertion truth
A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth. George Dennison Prentice
assertion confession course cowardly followed steady strength
There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly Dwight D. Eisenhower
assertion blame dad enjoyed men prove somewhat surprised wanting women
Can't blame men for wanting him. And wouldn't be surprised if Dad even mildly flirted back. Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay. He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong. Jennifer Grant
assertion bland drafted ignore matter response truth
We should ignore that assertion in any event, ... as well as the assertion that the EEOC is 'un-American,' the truth of the matter notwithstanding. I have drafted a deliberately bland response for your signature. John Roberts
denial bears sturdy
Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials. Charles Caleb Colton
denial evident exists extent language people period racism structural
We're in a period of denial about the extent to which racism still exists as a structural phenomenon. It was just so evident in this storm. Even in the language people used. Thaddeus Mathis
denial sin possession
Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession. Edwin Louis Cole
denial states
What state do you live in? Denial. Bill Watterson
denial way climate
So when you're dealing with an existential threat like death or like climate change, if you see it as 'we are all toast anyway,' then denial is a pretty good way of coping. Bob Inglis
denial healed denied
That which is denied cannot be healed. Brennan Manning
denial
Don't censor incoming data through denial. Deepak Chopra
denial korean overweight
I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. David Bowie
denial dies hope life
The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race. Charles Bradlaugh
ego chiefs results
Most importantly: Don't adjust your results to build up the ego of the chief strategist. Especially if the strategist is you. Charles Caleb Colton
ego monsters fascinating
The ego is a fascinating monster. Alanis Morissette
ego hallucinations tests
The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests. Alan Watts
ego ego-trip
The biggest ego trip going is getting rid of your ego Alan Watts
ego life-is inches
To feel life is meaningless unless "I" can be permanent is like having desperately fallen in love with an inch. Alan Watts
ego skins hallucinations
I find that the sensation of myself as an ego inside a bag of skin is really a hallucination. Alan Watts
ego kind bigs
The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued. Alan Ball
ego unmasking strategy
What is needed is the constant unmasking of ego's strategy. Chogyam Trungpa
ego use spirituality
The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality. Chogyam Trungpa
equally guys kids meet move talented wants
When it comes down to a meet like this and you put two equally talented kids out there, it comes down to which one wants it more. Obviously, our little guys wanted to move on. Joshua Katcher
equally guard guards inside special stopping trio
With their inside prowess, it makes it more challenging to guard them. What makes them so special is their balanced. Stopping that trio of guards is equally challenging. Herb Sendek
equally rolling
We're just rolling them and evaluating them. We're rotating them as equally as we can. Mark Richt
equally food prepare recognized
Ultimately, I want to prepare food that will be recognized equally in Tokyo, London, and Paris. I am after that universality, that transcendence. Charlie Trotter
equally
My problem is not that I see all 17 sides of any issue, but I'm equally passionate about all 17 sides simultaneously. Tom Peters
equally family hobbies passionate quit three work
It's impossible to be someone you're not, so quit trying. I am as passionate about my hobbies as I am about my work and my family. All three are equally important to me at all times. Gautam Singhania
equally talk using
Let us not talk about using force; we are equally strong. In fact, we can swat your ass. Nikita Khrushchev
equally liberty means perspective rank relativism tolerance truly turned
Liberty has turned into licentiousness, and tolerance for dissenters has become little more than rank relativism and nihilism. All perspectives are equally valid, which means no perspective is truly valid. Jonah Goldberg
equally female knew men stronger women
The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. They knew that in the old days, when women stars were equally as important as men. Clint Eastwood
poles thieves
You can put poles up all day long. Thieves are ingenious, and it's unfortunate. Jon McMullen
positive song pain
When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine. Alanis Morissette
positive-thinking thinking can-do
Have a go. Anybody can do it. Alan Parker
positive-thinking people laughing
People who laugh together generally don't kill each other. Alan Alda
positive being-positive chloe
I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative. Chloe Sevigny
positive focus mind
The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused. Chin-Ning Chu
positive choices focus
A vision of a desired future allows you to engage and identify immediately in your focus with an improved condition. It changes what you perceive and how you perform NOW. It's not about achieving something in time. It's rather about the quality of choices you are making in this moment - what you choose to perceive, feel, and do. It's about getting the most out of your experience. David Allen
positive people positive-people
I got a lot of positive people around me. Dave Chappelle
positive giving wish
Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others. David Seabury
positive science waiting
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Sagan
strong jobs men
No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one. A weak man in office, like a squirrel in a cage, is laboring eternally, but to no purpose, and is in constant motion without getting on a job; like a turnstile, he is in everybody's way, but stops nobody; he talks a great deal, but says very little; looks into everything but sees nothing; and has a hundred irons in the fire, but very few of them are hot, and with those few that are, he only burns his fingers. Charles Caleb Colton
strong mind haste
Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one. Charles Caleb Colton
strong party reason
He that aspires to be the head of a party will find it more difficult to please his friends than to perplex his foes. He must often act from false reasons which are weak, because he dares not avow the true reasons which are strong. Charles Caleb Colton
strong hands monsters
The mob is a monster, with the hands of Briareus, but the head of Polyphemus,--strong to execute, but blind to perceive. Charles Caleb Colton
strong advice desire
When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because we suspect their weakness; but we ought rather to suspect our own. Charles Caleb Colton
strong passion may
Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed. Charles Caleb Colton
strong men thinking
Men of strong minds and who think for themselves, should not be discouraged on finding occasionally that some of their best ideas have been anticipated by former writers; they will neither anathematize others nor despair themselves. They will rather go on discovering things before discovered, until they are rewarded with a land hitherto unknown, an empire indisputably their own, both right of conquest and of discovery. Charles Caleb Colton
strong circles errors
Unity of opinion is indeed a glorious and desirable thing, and its circle cannot be too strong and extended, if the centre be truth; but if the centre be error, the greater the circumference, the greater the evil. Charles Caleb Colton
strong two mind
No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one. Charles Caleb Colton