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Walter Pater Quotes

The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: english
Birth: August 4, 1839 - July 30, 1894

Topics

Life Service Culture Philosophy

My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.

Money School Law Go Law School Any

Twyla Tharp is not going to take orders from anyone, not even Mozart!

Robert Gottlieb

Take Going Even Orders Anyone

No matter how much it's growing, the Internet still is a pretty specific demographic. It doesn't necessarily represent the general populace.

Internet Growing Matter Pretty Still

People can transcend and overcome their differences and be very easily bonded.

Jeff Fortenberry

People Differences Overcome Transcend

We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.

Time Outdoors Play Used Just Our

As it turns out, my grandmother, my mother, my wife, and my daughter are all women, and I like those people. I'm concerned about the issues that they face in their lives. So I'm a feminist, but that's not all I am.

Tommy Lee Jones

Mother Women Daughter Wife I Am Out

Writing and creating, those things come to me on their own. I feel like... you sort of summon them and it's like allowing the universe to enter your heart in an entirely different way to what it normally does. It's like inviting that energy of the universe to enter into your craft in a way where it has a meaning.

Heart Me Writing Energy Universe

In 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' I was just playing and having a good time.

Good Time Having A Good Time Playing

I love reading all kinds of books. I usually have about ten books going at any one time - books about the past, the present, novels, non-fiction, poetry, mythology, religion, etc. Reading is my favorite thing to do.

Mary Pope Osborne

Love Time Past Religion Poetry

One of the things about having worked at certain places is that it becomes very hard after you stop working at them to continue a relationship, to continue even reading them. So I must confess that I don't read 'New York' magazine anymore.

Relationship New York Reading You

We have to be thankful for what we have. A lot of kids would love to be in our situation, and we realize that.

Love Thankful Situation Be Thankful

My lighter, more superficial side will always steal a march on the deeper side and therefore always win. You can't imagine how often I've tried to push away this Anne, which is only half of what is known as Anne - to beat her down, hide her.

Win Push You Hide Down Will

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