Periods Quotes - Page 6

Art of all periods teaches us that humanity changes, and that a period, once past, never returns.

Philipp Otto Runge

Art, Past, Humanity

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The absence from the Dead Sea Scrolls of historical texts proper should not surprise us. Neither in the inter-Testamental period, nor in earlier biblical times, was the recording of history as we understand it a strong point among the Jews.

Geza Vermes

Strong, Biblical, Sea

"The Dead Sea Scrolls in English". Book by Geza Vermes (Chapter 3 "The History of the Community", p. 49), 1962.

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With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss -- when you're not aware of the pain around you. That is the most special, truly unique time. It is the core of adult lament.

Barry Privett

Pain, Unique, Childhood

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My advice to aspiring poets is to find a community of other poets who are willing to read one another's work. And to read widely, in a variety of time periods and cultures, to identify which traits of poems are appealing and which aversive. And what can be stolen.

Lucia Perillo

Community, Advice, Culture

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After a year of transformation Foster's Group sits at the doorstep of a period of sustained strong earnings growth.

Trevor O'Hoy

Strong, Years, Growth

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Death is just a comma to a Christian, not a period.

Adrian Rogers

Christian

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The bible teaches that woman brought sin and death into the world, that she precipitated the fall of the race, that she was arraigned before the judgment seat of Heaven, tried, condemned and sentenced. Marriage for her was to be a condition of bondage, maternity a period of suffering and anguish, and in silence and subjection, she was to play the role of a dependent on man's bounty for all her material wants, and for all the information she might desire...Here is the bible position of woman briefly summed up.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Fall, Men, Race

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2012). “The Woman's Bible: A Classic Feminist Perspective”, p.7, Courier Corporation

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We are entering a period of human history that may provide an answer to the question of whether it is better to be smart than stupid.

Noam Chomsky

Smart, Stupid, Entering

Noam Chomsky (2007). “Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance”, p.1, Macmillan

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Let he who would move the world, first complete an environmental impact assessment and a 90-day public comment period.

Socrates

Moving, Impact, Assessment

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Every age manifests itself by some external evidence. In a period such as ours when only a comparatively few individuals seem to be given to religion, some form other than the Gothic cathedral must be found. Industry concerns the greatest numbers-it may be true, as has been said, that our factories are our substitute for religious expression.

Charles Sheeler

Religious, Expression, Numbers

Charles Brock, Charles Sheeler, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Art Institute of Chicago, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum (2006). “Charles Sheeler: across media”, University of California Press

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We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.

Peter Jennings

Important, World, Bills

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When people warned me there would be long periods out of work if I became an actor, I couldn't keep a straight face because that was exactly what I had in mind.

Bill Nighy

Long, People, Mind

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With each passing year the difficulty of meeting any fixed quantitative target increases progressively. Moreover, plausible estimates of when the Protocol would go into effect leave such a small window of time before the first commitment period that achievement of the Kyoto targets will eventually pass out of reach.

Henry Sylvester Jacoby

Commitment, Years, Kyoto Protocol

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An indigenous feminism has been present in every culture in the world and in every period of history since the suppression of women began.

Robin Morgan

Feminism, Culture, World

Robin Morgan (2016). “Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology”, p.43, Open Road Media

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The prose poem Walk The Red Road is great stuff and deserves to be read aloud. It compares quite favorably to The Walls Of Emerald by Li Chiang Yen, a Chinese poet of the late Tang period.

Brian Aldiss

Wall, Chinese, Emeralds

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Samsara-the Wheel of Existence, literally, the "Perpetual Wandering"-is the name by which is designated the sea of life ever restlessly heaving up and down, the symbol of this continuous process of ever again and again being born, growing old, suffering, and dying. (It) is constantly changing from moment to moment, (as lives) follow continuously one upon the other through inconceivable periods of time. Of this Samsara, a single lifetime constitutes only a vanishingly tiny fraction.

Gautama Buddha

Sea, Names, Single Life

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I just love variety. I love being able to do different things. Do period pieces and sci-fi. I love being able to move between genres and be flexible.

Linus Roache

Moving, Love Is, Different

"All Aboard! Linus Roache Invites You to Discover What it Took to Bring the Unforgettable World of TITANIC to Television". Interview with Tiffany Vogt, www.thetvaddict.com. April 13, 2012.

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I had a grungy period and looked like a tramp for a very long time - my mum really hated it! I destroyed her entire '70s wardrobe by putting studs into everything - I thought I was really cool. But it's good to experiment - I even had dreadlocks at one point.

Clemence Poesy

Long, Really Cool, Tramps

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My son is my routine and priority, period!

Cory Hardrict

Son, Priorities, Routine

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When you get into a film, it is one story and one set development of a character, and you are able to delve into one character for a short period of time and discover everything about them.

Alexander Gould

Character, Stories, Development

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My parents are amazing, but when I was like, “Well, I’m going to be an actress,” and they’re all doctors, that wasn’t the best and easiest thing to do, you know. So I’m sure that I probably went through a year period when I wasn’t telling them exactly what I was doing. But I think that’s going to evolve.

Reshma Shetty

Doctors, Years, Parent

"RESHMA SHETTY from Royal Pains Interview". Interview with Sandrine Sahakians, www.tvequals.com. June 8, 2009.

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I don't think we should judge celebrities for doing charity work. Period. Whatever their reasons for doing it, they are shedding light on issues that would otherwise go unnoticed.

Liya Kebede

Thinking, Light, Issues

"More Than a Pretty Face: Liya Kebede". Interview with Julia Savacool, www.marieclaire.com. May 14, 2007.

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Literature makes history come to life. It is maybe the most accurate depiction of history, especially literature that was written in the time period depicted in the story.

Amy Harmon

Stories, Literature, Depiction

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Deep attention, the cognitive style traditionally associated with the humanities, is characterized by concentrating on a single object for long periods (say, a novel by Dickens), ignoring outside stimuli while so engaged, preferring a single information stream, and having a high tolerance for long focus times. Hyper attention is characterized by switching focus rapidly among different tasks, preferring multiple information streams, seeking a high level of stimulation, and having a low tolerance for boredom.

N. Katherine Hayles

Long, Boredom, Focus

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I think that the rhythm sections, drummers in particular, are the unsuing heroes of the music. It's the rhythm section that has changed the styles from one period to the other.

Max Roach

Hero, Thinking, Style

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