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#abandon

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The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.


Robert Anton Wilson


#cry #fear #infant #rage

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures.


Andy Goldsworthy


#after #building #came #collecting #day

Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in the elements so the firing has to be abandoned.


Andy Goldsworthy


#any #checked #debris #elements #every

The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent.


Juan Goytisolo


#because #cannot #feign #himself #innocence

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.


Dag Hammarskjold


#abandoned #cannot #defeat #either #end

This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.


W. Averell Harriman


#british #civilian #convert #export #facilities

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions.


Anita Hill


#ask #continued #employer #explaining #few

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.


Lauryn Hill


#artistic #compromise #corruption #gifts #greed

Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities.


Lauryn Hill


#any #damaging #deliberately #did #distorting

I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice.


Jenny Holzer


#anyone #back #beach #bread #canvas






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