Eli Siegel Quotes
All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.
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Alas, nothing reveals man the way war does. Nothing so accentuates in him the beauty and ugliness, the intelligence and foolishness, the brutishness and humanity, the courage and cowardice, the enigma.
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I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.
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I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get that, and go for the simple songs, but I prefer something a bit more complicated, which is more meaningful to the creator.
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The beauty of soaps is that it takes a village to make it work, and you get to work with really hardworking people.
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There is no reason to suppose that taste is in any way a lower sense than the other four; a fine palate is as much a gift as an eye that discerns beauty or an ear that appreciates and enjoys subtle harmonies of sound, and we are quite right to value the pleasures that all our senses give us and educate their perceptions.
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Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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Every day that I live, I try to find the beauty in things.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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I'm not making films just to be bold.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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I love my beauty. It's not my fault.
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Oh! what waves of crime and bloodshed have swept like the waves of a deluge down the valley of the Rhine! War has laid his mailed hand on those desolate towers and ruthlessly torn down what time has spared, yet he could not mar the beauty of the shore, nor could Time himself hurl down the mountains that guard it.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.
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Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
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My grandma taught me how to hand-sew, so I'm always making things from hand-me-downs.
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Beauty is being comfortable and confident in your own skin.
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My confessions are shameless. I confess, but do not repent. The fact is, my confessions are prompted, not by ethical motives, butintellectual. The confessions are to me the interesting records of a self-investigator.
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I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
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Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?
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My father was a man's man and was always respected for being a straight shooter. My dad always had an amazing sense of calm about him.
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All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.
