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• At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led me to doubt whether so insignificant an individual would be noticed without some special introduction.

  William Banting

  Editors, Doubt, Special

  William Banting (1864). “Letter on Corpulence: Addressed to the Public”, p.9

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• The phenomenological world is not the bringing to explicit expression of a pre-existing being, but the laying down of being. Philosophy is not the reflection of a pre-existing truth, but, like art, the act of bringing truth into being.

  Maurice Merleau-Ponty

  Art, Philosophy, Expression

  Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1962). “Phenomenology of Perception”, p.19, Psychology Press

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• Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library is connected to the larger culture is a reflection of the degree to which the community itself is connected to the larger culture.

  Russell Banks

  America, Community, Library

  Russell Banks (2011). “Lost Memory of Skin”, p.95, Profile Books

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• It takes skill to bring something you've imagined into the world: to use words to create believable lives, to select the colors and textures of paint to represent a haystack at sunset, to combine ingredients to make a flavorful dish.  No one is born with that skill.  It is developed through exercise, through repitition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding.  And it takes time. . . . If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

  Twyla Tharp

  Art, Sunset, Exercise

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• At times many of us let that enemy of achievement--even the culprit 'self-defeat'--dwarf our aspirations, smother our dreams, cloud our vision, and impair our lives. The enemy's voice whispers in our ears, 'You can't do it.' 'You're too young.' 'You're too old.' 'You're nobody.' This is when we remember that we are created in the image of God. Reflection on this truth provides a profound sense of strength and power.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Dream, Clouds, Dwarves

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• Within a single scene, it seems to be unwise to have access to the inner reflections of more than one character. The reader generally needs a single character as the means of perception, as the character to whom the events are happening, as the character with whom he is to empathize in order to have the events of the writing happen to him.

  John Ciardi

  Writing, Character, Mean

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• The second suggestion is to think as well as to read. I know people who read and read, and for all the good it does them they might just as well cut bread-and-butter. They take to reading as better men take to drink. They fly through the shires of literature on a motor-car, their sole object being motion. They will tell you how many books they have read in a year. Unless you give at least 45 minutes to careful, fatiguing reflection (it is an awful bore at first) upon what you are reading, your 90 minutes of a night are chiefly wasted.

  Arnold Bennett

  Book, Reading, Cutting

  Arnold Bennett (2013). “How To Live On Twenty-Four Hours A Day”, p.40, Read Books Ltd

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• I have found that the more I reflect philosophically on the attributes of God the more overwhelmed I become at his greatness and the more excited I become about Bible doctrine. Whereas easy appeals to mystery prematurely shut off reflection about God, rigorous and earnest effort to understand him is richly rewarded with deeper appreciation of who he is, more confidence in his reality and care, and a more intelligent and profound worship of his person.

  William Lane Craig

  Appreciation, Intelligent, Reality

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• To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody!

  Fanny Burney

  Adventure, Interesting, Secret

  Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.3739, Delphi Classics

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• These are the living springs of great thoughts and great actions. Everything grows clear in the reflections from the Infinite.

  Louis Pasteur

  Spring, Action, Infinite

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• It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.

  Edward Sapir

  Communication, Mean, Reality

  Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1985). “Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality”, p.162, Univ of California Press

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• The reflection of the current social paradigm tells us we are largely determined by conditioning and conditions.

  Stephen Covey

  Determined, Social, Conditioning

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.78, Mango Media Inc.

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• Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.

  Stephen Covey

  Frustration, Mirrors, Expectations

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.206, Mango Media Inc.

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• What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives

  Tracy Kidder

  People, Trying, Ordinary

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• A little quiet reflection will remind me that yes to God always leads in the end to joy.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Joy, Littles, Quiet

  Elisabeth Elliot, Joshua Harris (2002). “Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control”, p.90, Revell

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• People like me prove that you can survive without romance, even though you end up a bit unbalanced and you tend to argue with your own reflection.

  Steven Morrissey

  People, Romance, Arguing

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• Speaking about symmetry, look out our window, and you may see a cardinal attacking its reflection in the window. The cardinal is the only bird we have who often does this. If it has a nest nearby, the cardinal thinks there is another cardinal trying to invade its territory. It never realizes it is attacking its own reflection. Cardinals don't know much about mirror symmetry!

  Martin Gardner

  Thinking, Mirrors, Bird

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• This pedagogy makes oppression and its causes objects of reflection by the oppressed, and from that reflection will come their necessary engagement in the struggle for their liberation. And in the struggle this pedagogy will be made and remade

  Paulo Freire

  Struggle, Feminist, Engagement

  Paulo Freire (2014). “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.34, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• I believe that our society is merely a reflection of what is going on inside each and every one of us.

  Seal

  Believe, Our Society, I Believe

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• It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.

  Joseph Barber Lightfoot

  Energy, Strange, Attempting

  Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1890). “Ordination Addresses and Counsels to Clergy”

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• When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh.

  Alexis Korner

  Laughing, Helping, Changed

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• Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

  Learned Hand

  Color, Environment, Chameleon

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• There's so many young women today who look so lost. And I feel like, of course they're lost. They have no one around them to give them real, authentic reflection.

  Courtney Thorne Smith

  Real, Giving, Looks

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Our souls need time to think, dream, and reflect.

  Jo Ann Davis

  Dream, Thinking, Soul

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• The advertisements during intermissions are the truest reflection of an intermission from life.

  Guy Debord

  Advertisements, Intermission, Truest

  Guy Debord, Ken Knabb (2003). “Complete cinematic works: scripts, stills, documents”, A K Pr Distribution

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