#essence

The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#essence #great #need #own #poetry

You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy. ↗

— Jerry Seinfeld

#essence #know #you

Love in its essence is spiritual fire. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#essence #fire #spiritual

The essence of paint ball is the fact that when you get hit by a ball full of paint, it hurts just enough to say, 'Ow, I gotta get out of the way,' but not enough to say, 'I quit.' ↗

— William Shatner

#enough #essence #fact #full #get

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#essence #fellow #fellow creatures #hate #indifferent

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed. ↗

— William Shenstone

#exposed #fragrance #like #lose #their

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere. ↗

— Huston Smith

#both #consists #drawing #essence #every

Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the only way to put it. But it's my way. So the kernels are the same. However, the shells are different. ↗

— Huston Smith

#essence #however #kernel #only #protective

When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up. ↗

— Lili Taylor

#acting #creative #essence #frees #getting