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self
It can be absurd, cantankerous, self-destructive and pompous, but it is never crass Peter Roebuck
self forgotten truest
In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self. Richard Paul Evans
selfishness disguise inspection
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise. Richard Dawkins
selfish earth rebel
We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
selfish eye sight
Natural selection, the blind, unconscious, automatic process which Darwin discovered, and which we now know is the explanation forthe existence and apparently purposeful form of all life, has no purpose in mind. It has no mind and no mind's eye. It does not plan for the future. It has no vision, no foresight, no sight at all. If it can be said to play the role of the watchmaker in nature, it is the blind watchmaker.
self errors intuition
The question I try and ask myself when I consider whether or not to train more is what is my body craving and what is my body ready to absorb? Sometimes pushing harder is not the answer. It takes self control, confidence, and intuition to know when to train and when to rest, but when in question error on the side of being over rested. Ryan Hall
selfish compassion people
How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish to be trusted, if left free, to give away enough to make people comfortable enough to give them a chance. Yet if all this is ordered for us, as to some extent it has to be, it so soon leads to tyranny. It is a very difficult problem. If only human beings had more pity, unselfishness, and justice and didn't need coercion to treat each other decently. Rose Macaulay
self criticism desert
Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood. Tryon Edwards
self mountain way
If you have a high-way on Everest, you don't meet the mountain. If everything is prepared, and you have a guide who is responsible for your security, you cannot meet the mountain. Meeting mountains is only possible if you . . . are out there in self-sufficiency. Reinhold Messner
expression gene major separates
We think gene expression is a major part of what separates chimps and humans. E. B. White
expression mirrors worry
Annabeth recognized something else in her face, too - in the hard set of her mouth and the deliberate way she raised her chin like she was ready to accept any challenge. Reyna was forcing a look of courage, while holding back a mixture of hopefulness and worry and fear that she couldn't show in public. Annabeth knew that expression. She saw it every time she looked in a mirror. Rick Riordan
expression your-side hey
I gave her a smile that I hoped conveyed something like: Hey, you know I’m on your side. Gods are such jerks! But what can you do? Probably my expression actually conveyed: It’s not my fault! Please do not kill me!
expression default homicidal
Nick looked vaguely homicidal, but that was sort of his default expression. Sarah Rees Brennan
expression leader political
A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that are inexcusable and are an expression of opportunism and treachery. Vladimir Lenin
expression giving able
Methinks the human method of expression by sound of tongue is very elementary, and ought to be substituted for some ingenious invention which should be able to give vent to at least six coherent sentences at once. Virginia Woolf
expression challenges east
I consider the modernization of the Middle East the central challenge of our time. This region behaves as if it were disturbed, if you'll excuse the clinical expression. Zalmay Khalilzad
expression trying able
I am freely able to express myself honestly to the public without trying to polish it over, trying to hide something. I'm just trying to be free with my expression. Ziggy Marley
expression self denial
I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial. Winston Churchill
shapes mold world
Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in. Robert Collier
shapes letters daggers
Down the well," Angela repeated, and had to go sit down and hold on to her letter opener. It was in the shape of a dagger. Angela said holding it soothed her; seeing Angela hold it did not soothe Kami.
shapes
We shape our God, and then our God shapes us. Rob Bell
shapes lord bent
The Lord expects us to enjoy our lives. He says there will be some brutal times, but we shouldn't get all bent out of shape about it. Paul Henderson
shapes rosary mystery
With the Rosary, we allow ourselves to be guided by Mary, model of faith, in meditating on the mysteries of Christ, and day after day we are helped to assimilate the Gospel, so that it shapes all our lives. Pope Benedict XVI
shapes form consistent
I have been a multitude of shapes, Before I assumed a consistent form. Taliesin
shapes want arms
Because I want to have my arm in good shape, I need to have my legs in good shape. Without a leg, there is no arm. Pedro Martinez
shapes satisfaction neighbor
Happiness puts on as many shapes as discontent, and there is nothing odder than the satisfaction of one's neighbor. Phyllis McGinley
shapes negative function
Shapes that contain no inner components of positive/negative relationships will function better with other shapes of the same nature. Keith Haring