Mystery Quotes
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Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation continues to rely on a confused, antiquated system of ocean governance.
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Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery .. once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic that others find charming, it ceases to be a mannerism and becomes an affectation.
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Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way, it notates a mystery. That kind of mystery exists in relationships. A lifetime is not enough to know someone else. It provides a brief glimpse.
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For my part, it is not the mystery of the incarnation which I discover in religion, but the mystery of social order, which associates with heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor.
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My soule her wings doth spread And heaven-ward flies, Th' Almighty's Mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies.
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As much as I adore Agatha Christie - and I think people make this claim about murder mysteries in general - it's often a very conservative mode of storytelling. Usually it's the greedy, climbing, new-money slimeball who wants to take from the aristocracy.
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You can't manufacture inspiration, so a lot of it is still a waiting game for me. There's still a lot of mystery to songwriting. I don't have a method that I can go back to - they either come or they don't.
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Oh, the mystery of what your children know, the scope and terrifying beauty of their perception.
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It is only through my daughter that I have come to realise that a life without femininity – devoid of mystery, emotion, gentleness and the unerring power of a woman’s love – is no life at all.
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There is a mystery in all great writing and that mystery does not dissect out. It continues and is always valid.
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To me, it is very important to have perfume in which it is hard to recognize a particular flower or scent. That gives a touch of mystery.
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We all dream; it is a mystery in which all humankind participates. I realize this is an assumption, but it is one that I have no qualms in asserting as fact: the dream is an experiential universal for humanity.
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Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me. But they all seem to. It doesn’t matter what country they’re in or what religion they claim. They all want to control women. They want to control how we dress. They want to control how we act. They even want to control the decisions we make about our own health and our own bodies. Yes, it is hard to believe but even here at home we have to stand up for women’s rights and we have to reject efforts to marginalize any one of us, because America has to set an example for the entire world.
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It is a mystery why people think they need to act as their friends' dietitian, nonetheless it's common.
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There is no greater mystery to me than that of light traveling through darkness.
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The mystery is in the body and the way the body works itself into nature.
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The mystery of a person, indeed, is ever divine to him that has a sense for the godlike.
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Not for models. SuicideGirls is a mystery to me because I thought only women ran the site.
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I thought it would be quite a challenge to direct a mystery thriller. I hadn't really done something like that.
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I could displace the mystery of my speech onto writing, the latter perhaps recharging the former.
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Settle into mystery as you would settle into your most comfortable chair. Listen. Have visions. Lose yourself.
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The past is an unsolved mystery and the truth a moving target.
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Henry James is much more complex than Jane Austen. That's why it's not so easy to adapt him. People expect a nice period piece, but that's not always the case. There's a deep human mystery in his work.
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The world is not an unsolved problem for scientists or sociologists. The world is a living mystery.
