#essence

I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world-to pronounce and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner eye. ↗

— Morris Graves

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Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#clothing #clown #compromised #could #different

If you are interested in ideas, radio is way more pure than television. You're not distracted by somebody's nose or hair or posture. You can really see how someone thinks and penetrate to the essence of who that person is. ↗

— Terry Gross

#essence #hair #how #ideas #interested

The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you. ↗

— John Gunther

#find #first #journalism #know #out

If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin. ↗

— Katherine Harris

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Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#almost #christianity #essence #every #perversion

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties. ↗

— William Ames

#essence #far #god #his #manner

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth. ↗

— Brooks Atkinson

#been #life #quintessence #seems #truth

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#american people #democracy #essence #free #know