#dense

As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#atmosphere #both #cold #conditions #containing

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. ↗

— Robert Southey

#burn #condensed #deeper #more #pungent

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed the deeper they burn. ↗

— John Dryden

#burn #condensed #deeper #more #pungent

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer. ↗

— Jules Verne

#after #alone #been #black #could

With silly stuff, it's seventy-five percent confidence. I always tell people that it's because I'm nervous about getting that next laugh and I need to hear it. I always want to condense a joke. ↗

— Tim Vine

#always #because #condense #confidence #getting

When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They were like their own whole world. ↗

— Chris Ware

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Because the quality of living with nature and allowing it to manifest itself is different than the quality of living in a city, especially a dense city. ↗

— Lawrence Halprin

#because #city #dense #different #especially

But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#biological #calling #chemical #denser #natural

The mask of the character was already written into the show, but I actually lobbied for a denser and more complete mask than they initially considered. ↗

— Rene Auberjonois

#already #character #complete #considered #denser

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility. ↗

— Adam Clarke

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