Clarity Quotes - Page 29

• Rock 'n' Roll is a combination of good ideas dried up by fads, terrible junk, hideous failings in taste and judgment, gullibility and manipulation, moments of unbelievable clarity and invention, pleasure, fun, vulgarity, excess, novelty and utter enervation.

  Greil Marcus

  Fun, Rocks, Ideas

  Greil Marcus (2014). “Mystery Train”, p.104, Faber & Faber

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• Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought.

  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

  Writing, Language, Depends

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• My four articles of faith: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity.

  William Zinsser

  Writing, Simplicity, Humanity

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• We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.

  Henri Cartier-Bresson

  Photography, Memories, Leica

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• My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the utmost fidelity; achieving it means understanding the nuances of lighting and composition, and also remembering to keep the lenses clean and the cameras steady.

  Sam Abell

  Photography, Mean, Priorities

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• His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] has told me, urgently and repeatedly, that he thinks my photographs are crap. His exact words were, 'These photos are of poor quality. Why is there no sharp focus? There is no clarity!' I said, 'But your Holiness, it's Goyaesque.' And he said, 'No! It's out of focus!'

  Richard Gere

  Photography, Thinking, Poor Quality

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• My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity. To indicate the ideal proportion, to reveal sculptural mass and the dominating spirit is my goal.

  Ruth Bernhard

  Photography, Light, Giving

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• First get a clear notion of what you desire to accomplish and then in all probability you will succeed in doing it.

  Henry Maudslay

  Success, Science, Accomplishment

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• As an artist, there's a sweet, jump-starting quality to [marijuana] for me. I've often felt telepathic and receptive to inexplicable messages my whole life. I can stave those off when I'm not high. When I'm high - well, they come in and there's less of a veil, so to speak. So if ever I need some clarity, or a quantum leap in my own consciousness, or a quantum leap in terms of writing something or getting an answer, it's a quick way for me to get it.

  Alanis Morissette

  Weed, Sweet, Writing

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• There is no comfort in change But also no learning in the Steady drone of peace. There will be no greater sorrow Than watching you go - Except for watching you grow old And tired here - Clarity awaits Elsewhere

  S. D. Perry

  Peace, Learning, Tired

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• Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.

  Ajahn Brahm

  Freedom, Thinking, Silence

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• There is a way of beholding nature which is a form of prayer, a way of minding something with such clarity and aliveness that the rest of the world recedes. It . . . gives the brain a small vacation.

  Diane Ackerman

  Inspirational, Prayer, Vacation

  Diane Ackerman (2011). “One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir”, p.96, W. W. Norton & Company

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• There are very few real teachers. Teaching is not a job; it is a vocation. To be a great one many qualities must be combined: love of truth, knowledge, reverence, loving concern for one's students, clarity and patience.

  Alice von Hildebrand

  Faith, Teacher, Jobs

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• Fast drivers can see no further than slow drivers, but they must look further down the road to time their reactions safely. Similarly, people with great projects afoot habitually look further and more clearly into the future than people who are mired in day-to-day concerns.

  Robert Grudin

  Future, People, Vision

  Robert Grudin (1997). “Time and the Art of Living”, p.2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.

  Nat Turner

  Communication, Bridges, Confusion

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• One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

  Walter Bagehot

  Art, Pain, Philosophy

  'Physics and Politics' (1872) 'The Age of Discussion'

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• Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity.

  Novala Takemoto

  Sweet, Fall, Heart

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• Discussion and argument are essential parts of science; the greatest talent is the ability to strip a theory until the simple basic idea emerges with clarity.

  Albert Einstein

  Simple, Ideas, Essentials

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• I like to read quotes that touch on how I am feeling [on social media]. If I am dealing with confusion, I will read quotes about clarity and peace of mind. I started posting these quotes on my Twitter page, and the fans responded so positively! I realized that many of them were dealing with similar issues, and the quotes helped to open up a genuine dialogue between us.

  Keke Palmer

  Media, Issues, Confusion

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• My heart is hurting so bad no one can make me believe this is real Father God I pray that you send clarity over this cause I just don't understand My heart hurts it's broken no one can convince me that this is real.... Prayer warriors please pray real hard for his only child, his daughter and family.

  Tyrese Gibson

  Daughter, Hurt, Prayer

  FaceBook post by Tyrese Gibson from Dec 01, 2013

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• Let us make sure that the worship services we plan and conduct present that Truth in all its clarity and beauty and goodness.

  Marva Dawn

  Worship Service, Goodness, Plans

  Marva J. Dawn (1997). “Is It a Lost Cause?: Having the Heart of God for the Church's Children”, p.87, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.

  Edward Abbey

  Flower, Light, Desert

  Edward Abbey (1988). “Desert Solitaire”, p.26, University of Arizona Press

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• Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop him

  Bruce Pandolfini

  Kings, Opponents, Chess

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• Jesus wants to give you five things: extravagant compassion, moral clarity, sacrificial courage, persevering hope, and refreshing joy.

  Gary Haugen

  Jesus, Compassion, Giving

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• We are born male. We must learn to be men. Remember, strength is a force. It is an attribute of the heart. Its opposite is not weakness and fear, but confusion, lack of clarity, and lack of sound intention. If you are able to discern the path with heart and follow it even when at the moment it seems wrong, then and only then are you strong. Remember the words of Tao te ching. "The only true strength is a strength that people do not fear." Strength based in force is a strength people fear. Strength based in love is a strength people crave.

  Kent Nerburn

  Strong, Fear, Heart

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