Alan McGlashan Quotes
There is strong archaeological evidence to show that with the birth of human consciousness there was born, like a twin, the impulse to transcend it.
Quotes to Explore
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I have a suicide impulse.
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Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
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I was really surprised when I was told that my grandmother did not come to see me till a month after my birth. I was born seven years after my only sister Chandranshu, and my birth was a big disappointment for her.
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My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.
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Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth.
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Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.
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Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.
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It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.
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We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That's why we paint, that's why we dare to love someone - because we have the impulse to explain who we are.
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There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth.
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Attachment to a baby is a long-term process, not a single, magical moment. The opportunity for bonding at birth may be compared to falling in love - staying in love takes longer and demands more work.
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A home birth is about being able to create exactly what you want, because it's such a violent moment inside of the body that you want everything else to be as beautiful as it can be.
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The worst form of badness is human goodness when human goodness becomes a substitute for the new birth.
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The Royal Court more or less gave birth to me. I thought it only right that I should come back to have some Sunday lunch.
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There is a certain strong sense of inner conviction that strikes, with a pang as that of birth, through the very soul, and which is experienced but once or twice in a lifetime.
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The great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. And great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.
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A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality.
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I could never stand big-mouthed types. I had problems with that at high school. Ive still got the scars on my fists from the teeth of the guys I hit so that theyd finally shut up. I came from England to Canada, of course, and was often ridiculed because I had a strange accent. I was expelled from school and it was a long time before I could control myself. But the impulse remained: a punch in the mouth to get some peace and quiet.
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All slander must still be strangled in its birth, or time will soon conspire to make it strong enough to overcome the truth.
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You can't evade a thing. Those who try to get around it are weak. Those who meet it gallantly are strong. So many women try to dodge life. They don't economize because it's inconvenient. They don't work because it's tiring. They don't have a child because it's painful. They don't look at the dead because it's saddening. Face them all, Laura. Face them squarely and meet them gallantly... as your grandmother did. For every one of the old experiences will be there... birth... marriage... death... disappointment... grief... little joys... little sorrows. You'll have to meet them all. It's part of the story...
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If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.
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I had the greatest respect for the authorities of my day--until I studied things for myself, and came to my own conclusions.
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There is strong archaeological evidence to show that with the birth of human consciousness there was born, like a twin, the impulse to transcend it.
