#profound

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

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People can attach themselves to something--an idea, another person, a desire--with an impossibly strong grip, and in the case of restless ghosts, a grip stronger than death. Will is a powerful thing. Will--it's supposed to be a good treat, a more determined and persistent version of determination and persistence. But will and obsession--they sit right next to each other. They pretend to be strangers and all the while meet secretly at midnight." - ↗

— Deb Caletti

#profound #relationships #death

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -Albert Einstein The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. Martin Luther King, Jr. ↗

— Einstein MLK

#phrases #profound #quotes-to-live-by #read #words-of-wisdom

I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful. ↗

— Christopher Lee

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Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

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The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#alone #before #best #daily #days

I really, really love music. I'm affected by it and uplifted by it, and made to laugh and cry, and almost fall in love with the person who has made me feel so brilliant and communicated so profoundly to me. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#almost #brilliant #communicated #cry #fall

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#genius #might #profound #say #simple

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. ↗

— William Jennings Bryant

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