Genuine Quotes - Page 33

• Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Art, Leaving, Identity

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “My Name Is Red”, p.22, Faber & Faber

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• The modern world’s tech-giddy control and facilitation makes us stupid.  Awareness atrophies.  Dumb gets dumber.  Lists are everywhere – the five things you need to know about so-and-so; the eight essential qualities of such-and-such; the 11 delights of somewhere or other.  We demand shortcuts, as if there are shortcuts to genuine experiences.  These lists are meaningless.

  Roger Cohen

  Stupid, Eight, Dumb

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• There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against the existing chief power. Oppositions which do not express genuine social forces are as trivial, in relation to entrenched power, as the old court jesters.

  James Burnham

  Class, Liberty, Groups

  "The Machiavellians, Defenders of Freedom" by James Burnham, (p. 280), 1987.

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• Finally, there is more genuine joy in climbing the hill of success, even though sweat may be spent and toes may be stubbed, than in aimlessly sliding down the path to failure. If a straight, honorable path has been chosen, the gaining of the summit yields lasting satisfaction. The morass of failure, if through laziness, indifference or other avoidable fault, yields nothing but ignominy and sorrow for self and family and friends.

  B. C. Forbes

  Success, Yield, Climbing

  "Keys to Success".

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• If the majority of the "spiritual market" is drawn to prerational magic and myth, how do you reach the small group who are involved in genuine, laborious, demanding, transrational spiritual practice? This is very difficult, because both markets are referred to as "spiritual," but these two camps really don't get along very well-one is mostly translative, the other is mostly transformative, and they generally disapprove of each other-so how do you put them into one magazine without alienating them both?

  Ken Wilber

  Spiritual, Practice, Two

  Ken Wilber (2000). “One Taste”, p.104, Shambhala Publications

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• Whatever hinders us from receiving a blessing that God is willing to bestow upon us is not humility, but the mockery of it. A genuine humility will ever feel the need of the largest measures of grace, and will be perfected just in the degree in which that grace is bestowed. The truly humble man will seek to be filled with all the fullness of God, knowing that when so filled there is not the slightest place for pride or for self.

  George Bowen

  Humble, Humility, Pride

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• No one can do inspired work without genuine interest in his subject and understanding of its characteristics.

  Andreas Feininger

  Photography, Understanding, Photographer

  Andreas Feininger (1952). “Advanced photography: methods and conclusions”

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• Unlike South Africa, which decided on its own to eliminate its nuclear weapons and welcomed inspection as a means of creating confidence in its disarmament, Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance - not even today - of the disarmament, which was demanded of it and which it needs to carry out to win the confidence of the world and to live in peace.

  Hans Blix

  Mean, Acceptance, Winning

  UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Hans Blix's report to the United Nations, www.foxnews.com. January 27, 2003.

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• The important thing is to make a different world, to make a world that is not now. A real world, a genuine world, but one that allows myth to live. The myth is everything.

  Sergio Leone

  Real, Important, Different

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• Be very careful that you do not unconsciously assume that nervous tension is power. This is vital. Watch yourself the next time you work toward some goal. Look very closely to discover tense feelings and nervous thoughts whirling around inside. Do not let them deceive you into assuming that they are creative forces; they are not. They are thieves of genuine powers. As always, your awareness of their thievery is your first fine step toward casting them out.

  Vernon Howard

  Goal, Creative, Feelings

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• I believe that even 'returning-to-nature' and anti pollution activities, no matter how commendable, are not moving toward a genuine solution if they are carried out solely in reaction to the over development of the present age.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  Believe, Moving, Age

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• Genuine faith is living knowledge, exact cognition, direct experience. For many centuries faith and belief have been confused, and now it takes great effort and exertion to make people understand that faith is true knowledge and not futile beliefs.

  Samael Aun Weor

  Confused, People, Effort

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• Perhaps five or even ten per cent of men can do something rather well. It is a tiny minority who can do anything really well, and the number of men who can do two things well is negligible. If a man has any genuine talent, he should be ready to make almost any sacrifice in order to cultivate it to the full.

  G. H. Hardy

  Sacrifice, Men, Order

  G. H. Hardy (2012). “A Mathematician's Apology”, p.68, Cambridge University Press

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• If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.

  Marion Woodman

  Heart, Understanding, Pace

  Marion Woodman (2001). “Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman's Body and Soul”, p.231, Conari Press

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• There is no reason inherent in the real resources available to us why we cannot move rapidly within the next two or three years to a state of genuine full employment.

  William Vickrey

  Real, Moving, Years

  William Vickrey, Richard Arnott, Anthony B. Atkinson (1997). “Public Economics: Selected Papers by William Vickrey”, p.453, Cambridge University Press

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• There are still people who insist that we have to preach on repentance. Well, I disagree! I think we should do it God’s way – preach the goodness of God and allow the goodness of God to lead people to repentance. Such repentance will be true repentance. It will not be motivated by the fear of judgment and indignation. It will be a genuine repentance that is motivated by His grace, unconditional love and compassion. After all, our ability to love God stems from our first tasting His love for us.

  Joseph Prince

  Unconditional Love, Thinking, Compassion

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• Social justice is what faces you in the morning. It is awakening in a house with adequate water supply, cooking facilities and sanitation. It is the ability to nourish your children and send them to school where their education not only equips them for employment but reinforces their knowledge and understanding of their cultural inheritance. It is the prospect of genuine employment and good health: a life of choices and opportunity, free from discrimination.

  Mick Dodson

  Education, Morning, Children

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• I heard there were two local guys in town doing songs and comedy so I thought I'd take a look....they took my breath away...with their music, comedy, and showmanship.... 'Dakaboom'.. is the genuine article! Two voices in perfect harmony, and with joyful abandon and humor, they take you on a magical, musical, modern day vaudeville tour!! Ben McLain and Paul Peglar are headed for stardom. They are unique, they are original, and they are known as 'Dakaboom.' Don't miss 'em 'cause you're in for a treat!

  Tommy Smothers

  Song, Unique, Two

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• It seems that in connecting to what is true within myself, I help other people to connect. Making genuine connection lies at the beginning of building a real community.

  Lily Yeh

  Real, Lying, Helping Others

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• It requires a genuine fight to produce one well designed object of relatively permanent value

  George Nakashima

  Fighting, Design, Woodworking

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• My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

  Rashida Jones

  Integrity, Goal, Pet

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• We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." It's about letting God's light shine through us. It's about a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects. To let go, to just love, is not to fade into the wallpaper. Quite the contrary, it's when we truly become bright. We're letting our own light shine.

  Marianne Williamson

  Letting Go, Religious, Love Is

  Marianne Williamson (1992). “A return to love: reflections on the principles of "A course in miracles"”

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• He cumbers himself never about consequences, about interests; he gives an independent, genuine verdict. You must court him: he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Independent, Men, Jail

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.11, Penguin

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• Genuine sorrows are very tranquil in appearance in the deep bed they have dug for themselves. But, seeming to slumber, they corrode the soul like that frightful acid which penetrates crystal.

  Honore de Balzac

  Soul, Sorrow, Bed

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• To obey the Lord unseen—in secret—is the foundation of genuine godly service.

  K.P. Yohannan

  Godly, Secret, Unseen

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