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• The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they are dwelt upon, when they are followed out, and can only be received by faith.

  John Henry Newman

  Spiritual, Infinite, Reason

  John Henry Newman (1876). “Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations”, p.319

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• She sowed in my mind the idea that reality is not only what we see on the surface; it has a magical dimension as well and, if we so desire, it is legitimate to enhance it and color it to make our journey through life less trying.

  Isabel Allende

  Journey, Reality, Color

  Isabel Allende (2016). “Eva Luna: A Novel”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• The skin is no more separated from the brain than the surface of a lake is separate from its depths; the two are different locations in a continuous medium...The brain is a single functional unit, from cortex to fingertips to toes. To touch the surface is to stir the depths.

  Deane Juhan

  Two, Lakes, Brain

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• I work with a lot of music programs and there's a steep learning curve to a lot of them. You can really find yourself trying to figure out how to do things, instead of making music. Now I have another tool with the Surface music kit.

  Joe

  Curves, Finding Yourself, Trying

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• When you scratch the surface, every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.

  Jack Canfield

  Scratches, World, Want

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• I love you on the surface of seas Red like the egg when it is green

  Andre Breton

  Love You, Sea, Eggs

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• Work is the miracle by which talent is brought to the surface and dreams become reality.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Dream, Work, Reality

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.94, Harmony

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• You can't be deep without a surface

  Jonathan Lethem

  Jonathan Lethem (2008). “You Don't Love Me Yet”, p.154, Vintage

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• Are you referring to the fact that you can't walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over?

  Stephenie Meyer

  Twilight, Facts, Walks

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• The fact is, that what de Sade was trying to bring to the surface of the conscious mind was precisely the thing that revolted that mind . . . From the very first he set before the consciousness things which it could not tolerate.

  Georges Bataille

  Mind, Trying, Firsts

  Georges Bataille (1977). “Death and Sensuality: A Study of Eroticism and the Taboo”, Arno Press

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• When we are in love, our love is too big a thing for us to be able altogether to contain it within ourselves. It radiates towards the loved one, finds there a surface which arrests it, forcing it to return to its starting-point, and it is this repercussion of our own feeling which we call the other's feelings and which charms us more then than on its outward journey because we do not recognise it as having originated in ourselves.

  Marcel Proust

  Love Is, Journey, Feelings

  Marcel Proust (2000). “In Search of Lost Time, Volume II: Within a Budding Grove (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.223, Modern Library

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• The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting.

  David Hockney

  Space, People, Interesting

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• I've always said that the only thing a photograph is good at capturing faithfully is another flat surface.

  David Hockney

  Photograph, Said, Flats

  Lawrence Weschler, David Hockney, Getty Foundation (2008). “True to life: twenty-five years of conversations with David Hockney”, Univ of California Pr

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• You get to be analytical about the process and now I can watch the movie and see all the different connection things and see all the things that are underneath the surface.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Connections, Different, Watches

  "Pulp And Circumstance: Tarantino Rewrites History". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 27, 2009.

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• When the ice of winter holds the house in its rigid grip, when curtains are drawn against that vast frozen waste of landscape, almost like a hibernating hedgehog I relish the security of being withdrawn from all that summer ferment that is long since past. Then is the time for reappraisal: to spread out, limp and receptive, and let garden thoughts rise to the surface. They emerge from some deep source of stillness which the very fact of winter has released.

  Mirabel Osler

  Summer, Winter, Past

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• The experiences of your past life which are stored within come up to the surface to be rejected. By rejecting all these by and by the inside will have to be cleansed.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Past, Come Up, Rejected

  Source: overmanfoundation.wordpress.com

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• Radical transparency is critical to having an idea meritocracy because it shows what's actually happening without spin and prevents people from maneuvering politically behind each others' backs. It brings problems and weaknesses to the surface and allows people to see how they are dealt with, so it's great for training people on how to deal with real problems.

  Ray Dalio

  Real, Ideas, People

  "Ray Dalio, head of the world's largest hedge fund, explains his succession plan for Bridgewater and how its 'radically transparent' culture is misunderstood". Interview with Richard Feloni, www.businessinsider.com. March 21, 2016.

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• Even if we don't see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.

  Louie Giglio

  Purpose, Behind The Scenes, Always Working

  "A conversation with pastor, author and songwriter Louie Giglio". Interview With Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Some of my favorite poems are "confessional" poems written in the voices of aliens ("Southbound on the Freeway" by May Swenson" and "Report from the Surface" by Anthony McCann), sheep ("Snow Line" by John Berryman) or a yak ("The Only Yak in Batesville, Virginia" by Oni Buchanan).

  Matthea Harvey

  Sheep, Virginia, Voice

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• Beauty is on one level pure surface, and on the other hand, it's the most complex subject that we can touch upon because it says everything about us as people. It's a subject we very quickly begin to argue about. I think that's so interesting.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Thinking, Hands, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I certainly know guys in comedy, I know some actors, and I definitely know some musicians, who have survived to a certain age and make a good living doing what they do, but nobody knows who they are. They wake up every day and they have the ability to get paid practicing their art, but underneath it all, if you scratched the surface, you still get, "If I only had my own show . . .," or "If I only had my own band . . ." It's what people always do when they want to be their own star.

  Denis Leary

  Art, Stars, People

  "Denis Leary on ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Season 2 and Playing Johnny Rock". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 30, 2016.

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