Eli Siegel Quotes
In order to be deep, we sometimes have to cut through and cut apart. That is to be seen in the common phrase, 'Cut it out!' The reason is that this thing is seen as superfluous and therefore it should be excised, as a growth, unnecessary, should be excised.
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A lion is called a 'king of beasts' obviously for a reason.
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Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
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After you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.
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The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.
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We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.
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What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.
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I desperately need the love of complete strangers. That's one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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I actually feel like the phrase 'big in Japan' is not appropriate for me. The reason is that there are more people who sympathize with my practice in America than there are domestically in Japan.
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Tagliatelle comes from the word tagliare, meaning 'to cut.' Tagliolini are simply thinly cut tagliatelle.
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Every single note on this album is there for a reason.
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Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.
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There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
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The number of people who said that it made a difference to them that I'm out is the reason that I'm out. There are people who devote their lives to taking away the rights of gays and lesbians, and I think that visibility is very important. I'm trying to encourage more people to come out, and show everyone who they are, because it's harder to take away the rights of a human being. And this is a miracle state, because we can get married. And I think that these people working to take away our rights are going to lose, because of this generation.
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People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.
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I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.
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I suppose that being moved to write a song is more applicable to me, I have to be moved, I have to have a reason to write a particular song.
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The phrase I like to use to describe my sense of time-a play on comparative literature - is comparative time.
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I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.
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The higher the rank the less pretence, because there is less to pretend to.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away.
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In order to be deep, we sometimes have to cut through and cut apart. That is to be seen in the common phrase, 'Cut it out!' The reason is that this thing is seen as superfluous and therefore it should be excised, as a growth, unnecessary, should be excised.
