W. G. Sebald Quotes
We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious.
Quotes to Explore
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Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills.
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Love is what we aspire to most in our lives.
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Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.
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No damn man kills me and lives.
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When I was a teenager, I experimented a lot with hair colour, and the result was just awful.
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Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
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To the biographer all lives bar none are dramatic constructions.
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Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.
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It just is nothing foreign to consciousness at all that could present itself to consciousness through the mediation of phenomena different from the liking itself; to like is intrinsically to be conscious.
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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.
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The dog lives here, Pete. You're just visiting.
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In order to put meaning back into our lives, we should recognize illusions for what they are, and we should reach out and touch the fabric of reality.
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I miss the days when faith was discussed in public and not the most intimate details of our personal lives.
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We had a miserable first year (6-10 in 2004), and that's real hard on you. So you go in the second year knowing you've got to make something happen. Being able to get 10 wins, that helps a lot. It gives the whole organization confidence. If we hadn't gotten into the playoffs, it would've been a real downer. Getting in the playoffs was somewhat of a turning point for us.
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I cannot but think that it would be a great step if mankind could familiarise themselves with the idea that they are spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh re spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh.
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I can promise you that the Spirit is a lot more anxious to help you than you are to be helped.
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That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.
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The Hamsters really kick ass - Slim is one of your greatest guitar players
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We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious.
