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• Genius is nothing more or less than childhood recovered by will, a childhood how equipped for self-expression with an adult's capacities.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Children, Self, Childhood

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• The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. . . . But in his heart of hearts he knows that he is a defeated man and that his cynicism is merely an expression of the fact that he has lost courage and is beaten.

  George Edgar Vincent

  Courage, Fun, Heart

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• We don't call it sin today, we call it self-expression.

  Max Stirner

  Self, Cynical, Today

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• I think that marijuana makes you stupid but sensual. I've watched many of my friends and loved ones become more erotic and dumber - just going around with a glazed expression on their faces from their last orgasms to the next - and found them really quite boring.

  Timothy Leary

  Stupid, Thinking, Marijuana

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• If all persons with any trace of homosexual history, or those who were predominantly homosexual, were eliminated from the population today, there is no reason for believing that the incidence of the homosexual in the next generation would be materially reduced. The homosexual has been a significant part of human sexual activity since the dawn of history, primarily because it is an expression of capacities that are basic in the human animal.

  Alfred Kinsey

  Believe, Gay, Animal

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• No one who has seen a baby sinking back satiated from the breast and falling asleep with flushed cheeks and a blissful smile can escape the reflection that this picture persists as a prototype of the expression of sexual satisfaction in later life.

  Sigmund Freud

  Baby, Fall, Reflection

  Sigmund Freud (1962). “Three essays on the theory of sexuality”

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• I have always added dance to my productions. When I was directing theatre, I added dance sequences where they didn't exist in the play. I think dance is the ultimate form of expression.

  Valerie Weiss

  Dance, Thinking, Play

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• Humility is not weakness; it is the epitome of strength. Humility moves a person away from human, personal weakness and limitation into divine expression, strength, and expansion.

  Donald Curtis

  Moving, Humility, Weakness

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• Architecture never derived its force from stability of culture, but rather from the expression of those moments when that sense of stability slipped.

  Mark Wigley

  Badass, Inspiration, Bad Ass

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• I would define love very simply: as a potent blend of openness and warmth, which allows us to make real contact, to take delight in and appreciate, and to be at one with--our selves, others, and life itself. Openness--the heart's pure, unconditional yes--is love's essence. And warmth is love's basic expression, arising as a natural extension of this yes--the desire to reach out and touch, connect with, and nourish what we love.

  John Welwood

  Real, Heart, Essence

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• Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Love, Motivation, Self

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). “The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More”, p.61, Hachette UK

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• Civility means a great deal more than just being nice to one another. It is complex and encompasses learning how to connect successfully and live well with others, developing thoughtfulness, and fostering effective self-expression and communication. Civility includes courtesy, politeness, mutual respect, fairness, good manners, as well as a matter of good health. Taking an active interest in the well-being of our community and concern for the health of our society is also involved in civility.

  P. M. Forni

  Respect, Nice, Communication

  "Einstein Was a Mensch" by David Sable, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 21, 2013.

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• The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo. No wonder it was once regarded as an aphrodisiac. It had no place in the troll's world of instant gratification. It makes no appeal to the meat-and-two-veg mentality.

  Jane Grigson

  Views, Vegetables, Two

  Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book”, p.15, U of Nebraska Press

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• Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities. A scream is not a discovery.

  John L'Heureux

  Real, Discovery, Crafts

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• Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill and be killed, child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds of adults

  Olara Otunnu

  Children, Hate, War

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• A smile appears on the faces of most archaic figures, a happiness of expression seeming to transcend that of human beings.

  Francis Henry Taylor

  Happiness, Nature, Faces

  Francis Henry Taylor (1958). “The Archaic Smile: The Relation of Art and the Dignity of Man”

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• Life . . . is a joyful expression of love, praise and thanksgiving instead of a hopeless struggle which eventually ends in death. Giving thanks in every circumstance, we forego the logic and reason which asks, "Why me?" and open our hearts and learn to trust. Every obstacle becomes an occasion for rejoicing. We put love at the center of our universe and we are lifted beyond the world of limitation, doubt, and fear into the realm of love, hope, and eternal happiness.

  Robert Scheid

  Life, Struggle, Learning

  Robert Scheid (1980). “Beyond the Love Game”

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• We believe that there is no greater power in the world than the force of a great idea. We believe that people are the lifeblood of every organization. We believe that the best companies are true meritocracies, where people rise and fall through their own contributions, not through game playing or politics. We believe that work isn't simply a paycheck; it is the ultimate expression of a fully realized self. We believe that a company's obligations extend far beyond its bottom line and its shareholders - to a wider constituency that includes employees, customers, suppliers, and the community.

  John A. Byrne

  Business, Believe, Fall

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• Evidence that [feminine aesthetic preferences and ways of expressing oneself] may be hardwired comes from the fact that they typically appear early in childhood and often in contradiction to one's socialization. […] This indicates that some aspects of feminine verbal and aesthetic expression precede and/or supersede gender socialization.

  Julia Serano

  Childhood, May, Way

  Julia Serano (2007). “Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity”, p.323, Seal Press

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• Is it possible to be alive, active in the world, and yet have such calm, such kind of inner openness and presence that one can lead a life, at least in part, that is an expression of that quality of meditative quiescence that's on the one hand quite alert and on the other hand, completely at ease, completely at rest.

  Arthur Zajonc

  Hands, Quality, Alive

  "Holding Life Consciously". Interview with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. June 24, 2010.

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• Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.

  Gautama Buddha

  Generosity, Giving, Joy

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• Like a fragrance to a flower, true happiness is an expression of your unconditional self...the real you.

  Robert Holden

  Happiness, Nature, Real

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• A society's apprehensiveness about divorce is an expression of its fear of change and of its resulting desire that personality remain unvarying.

  Elsie Clews Parsons

  Divorce, Personality, Desire

  Elsie Clews Parsons (1997). “Fear and Conventionality”, p.138, University of Chicago Press

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• Hip hop is expression..our roots and culture..Its your duty to contribute uniqueness to this artform. Desire of bringing somethin new, improved, witty and soul touching is what bein an m.c. is all about. I wanted my intelligence to be heard in my lyrics..I wanted the pain to be felt...and the happiness i encountered. Bein an m.c. takes originality, style, imagination, delivery, intelligence and presence.

  Larry Bakersfield

  Witty, Pain, Roots

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• Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.

  Frank Gehry

  Design, Experts, May

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