Ezra Pound Quotes
We do NOT know the past in chronological sequence. It may be convenient to lay it out anesthetized on the table with dates pasted on here and there, but what we know we know by ripples and spirals eddying out from us and from our own time.
Quotes to Explore
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Principles of motion take precedence over sequence of motion.
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When someone is denying what they are, then that's when things start to spiral down.
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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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No dates until you're sixteen. And no boyfriends, either.' I'm not quite sure how to tell Mom, but it looks like I don't just have one boyfriend. I have two.
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If we focus on the minuses, we go down the spiral. But if we are able to focus on the pluses, we can become stronger and put more meaning into our life.
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You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.
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An image can only be one element in constructing a sequence of understanding.
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The most important thing for me in an action sequence is, you understand the characters' intention and the challenges the characters are going to have to face: what the character story is within the action sequence.
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When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen.
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I believe that you can reach the point where there is no longer any difference between developing the habit of pretending to believe and developing the habit of believing.
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Would give any woman who believes in reproductive rights and freedom any comfort.
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To me the separation of church and state is a thread that ought to run through public policy so that we can always recognize that we make laws in this country, based not on theology of any particular group, but on the basis of a commonly shared values of the Constitution itself.
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Some of the words that pop up on the show have had terrible connotations. But that's the beauty of 'Countdown.'
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The truth is sometimes the very opposite from what you expect it to be.
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What people will do to get away from boredom!
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Jesu, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills the breast.
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Market-cap based indexing will never be driven from its deserved perch as core and deserved king of the investment world. It is what we should all own in theory and it has delivered low-cost equity returns to a great mass of investors... the now and forever king-of-the-hill.
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We do NOT know the past in chronological sequence. It may be convenient to lay it out anesthetized on the table with dates pasted on here and there, but what we know we know by ripples and spirals eddying out from us and from our own time.
