#concrete

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

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The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

#between #characterizes #commanding #concrete #encompassing

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. ↗

— William James

#advantage #better #character #concrete #entirely

Similar to the telescope or the telephone, television enables us to see or hear things we never dreamed of. When you look at the details, a concrete scene between people is really something incredibly unlikely, something subtle that requires extended description. ↗

— Alexander Kluge

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For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply cannot tell. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#cannot #concrete #consciousness #consists #form

I'm from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so we could avoid tackling each other on the street. But running on the street and trying not to get taken down on the concrete, that will make you fast, that's for sure. ↗

— Barry Sanders

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The trade unions and the Labour Party... failed miserably. Instead of giving concrete support, and calling upon workers to take industrial action, they did nothing. ↗

— Arthur Scargill

#calling #concrete #did #failed #giving

The Book of Mormon is concrete and solid, they can hold it, and they can visualize that they have to pray to decide if this physical thing is true. There is no room for interpretation. ↗

— Richard G. Scott

#concrete #decide #hold #interpretation #mormon

The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that the Court has displayed against religion in recent years is that above the head of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is a concrete display of the Ten Commandments. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#against #cases #chief #chief justice #commandments

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk without having feet ↗

— Tupac Shakur

#inspire #pac #rose #thought #inspirational