#familia

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him. ↗

— Henry Miller

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The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#familiar #familiarize #imagine #mystify #power

I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#because #bodies #bottom #bottom line #decisions

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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Accessing capital to start a business can be a daunting process, especially for entrepreneurs who start out with a great idea, but have no real familiarity with the business world. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#business world #capital #daunting #entrepreneurs #especially

We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#indiscriminate #motivated #new #religiously #terrorism

During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions. ↗

— Jean Piaget

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When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#century #familiar #first-hand #i #i write

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity. ↗

— Debbie Reynolds

#comes #even #familiarity #get #i

My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it. ↗

— Sally Ride

#anytime #done #familiar #go #great