#observant

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

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Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter. ↗

— Alma Guillermoprieto

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I love movin'. I was observant growing up, watching Michael Jackson and John Travolta. I'd close my eyes, see the moves. ↗

— Jon Heder

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The observant Jew has his own sense of values. Torah Judaism is his blueprint for this life, his target for existence. ↗

— Meir Kahane

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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive. ↗

— V. S. Pritchett

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Lord X was a tyrant, not a revolutionary. He wanted to take over the system, not change it. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#political #change

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age. ↗

— Joel Coen

#burden #driving #education #father #jew

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader. ↗

— Dick Schaap

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Sometimes those who love most deeply can't get past the weight of their own feelings. ↗

— James L. Halperin

#observant #understanding #wise #love