R. S. Thomas Quotes
The silence holds with its gloved hand the wild hawk of the mind.
R. S. Thomas
Quotes to Explore
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The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.
A. N. Wilson
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If God be an infinite being, there cannot be, either in the present or future world, any relative proportion between man and his God. Thus, the idea of God can never enter the human mind.
Baron d'Holbach
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To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.
Nancy Mitford
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When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.
Madi Diaz
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
Samuel Butler
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
E. M. Forster
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
Maeve Binchy
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I'm basically useless in interviews because I don't remember anything. But I find it very peaceful, actually, because I have a sort of busy mind. I'm like, 'This is great!'
Gaby Hoffmann
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On one hand, we know that everything happens for a reason, and there are no mistakes or coincidences. On the other hand, we learn that we can never give up, knowing that with the right tools and energy, we can reverse any decree or karma. So, which is it? Let the Light decide, or never give up? The answer is: both.
Yehuda Berg
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I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
Karen Thompson Walker
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I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
Tecumseh
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Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.
Harold Pinter
