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The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what's it all about.
David AttenboroughRead
Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.
Tom HanksRead
My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind of a new era for the whole hip-hop movement.
Herbie HancockRead
It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
Herbie HancockRead
Beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation.
Robert Anton WilsonRead
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
Oscar WildeRead
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
Napoleon BonaparteRead
There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.
Mark TwainRead
Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.
Henry David ThoreauRead
Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.
Hunter S. ThompsonRead
The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.
Igor StravinskyRead
The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It's essentially self-interested on the part of authority.
Tom StoppardRead
My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.
Tom StoppardRead
A lot of people would have loved me to keep singing... You come to a point where you have sung, more or less... your whole repertoire and you want to get down to the job of living.
Cat StevensRead
I felt alien my whole life but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.
Patti SmithRead
Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.
Brian EnoRead
Everybody thinks that when new technologies come along that they're transparent and you can just do your job well on it. But technologies always import a whole new set of values with them.
Brian EnoRead
When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses possession of his inner self... Prisoners in the world of object, they have no choice but to submit to the demands of matter! They are pressed down and crushed by external forces: fashion, the market, events, public opinion. Never in a whole lifetime do they recover their right mind!... What a pity!
ZhuangziRead
If the whole responsibility is thrown upon our own shoulders, we shall be at our highest and best; when we have nobody to grope towards, no devil to lay our blame upon, no Personal God to carry our burdens, when we are alone responsible, then we shall rise to our highest and best. I am responsible for my fate, I am the bringer of good unto myself, I am the bringer of evil.
Swami VivekanandaRead
The cure of many diseases remains unknown to the physicians of Hellos (Greece) because they do not study the whole person.
SocratesRead
Look, you see those groups talkin' about negativity and anger, and they'd do that for two albums, and then you'd see them change up. I knew they couldn't do a Kurt Cobain on their whole career. You can't stay like that all the time. It's like when Hammer tried to go gangster. You can't be something that you're not.
PrinceRead

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