![[I]n Africa I was a member of a family—of a sort of family that the people of your culture haven't known for thousands of years. If gorillas were capable of such an expression, they would tell you that their family is like a hand, of which they are the fingers. They are fully aware of being a family but are very little aware of being individuals. Here in the zoo there were other gorillas—but there was no family. Five severed fingers do not make a hand.](/assets/img/quote-photos/in-africa-i-was-a-member-of-a-familyof-a-sort-of-family-that-the-people-of-you.jpg)
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On the sly, scoping for love. Aretha Franklin
expression simplicity form
Simplicity of expression rather than complexity of form. Bruce Lee
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What a long strange trip it's been. Jerry Garcia
expression self denial
I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial. Winston Churchill
expression light despair
Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed. Yann Martel
expression faces forget
...his face bore an expression that mingled haughty disdain with a tender, ardent sympathy, as if he would love all things if only his nature could let him forget their defects. Philip Pullman
expression joy rebellion
The greatest expression of rebellion is joy. Joss Whedon
expression insane lessons
Sentimentalists ... adopt whatever merit is in good repute, and almost make it hateful with their praise. The warmer their expressions, the colder we feel.... Cure the drunkard, heal the insane, mollify the homicide, civilize the Pawnee, but what lessons can be devised for the debauchee of sentiment? Ralph Waldo Emerson
hands oysters cities
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Life presents itself in constantly changing ways, but you're able to accept the challenges, rather than recoil, throw up your hands, and go on a binge. Carnie Wilson
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A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere. Bobby Seale
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It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him. Brigham Young
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You have two choices when someone changes your work. You can either wash your hands of it or embrace it. Andrew Niccol