"The reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the soul."

-- Edgar Allan Poe

#Soul Quotes #Veils Quotes #Perceive Quotes

“The noise around us determines how we speak. And how we listen. Just as a conversation suffers in a war zone, art suffers in a culture built on noise. So does our enjoyment of it.”
“I hate it when people say that they don't like 'MMMBop.' Everyone likes 'MMMBop.' Whether they like it or not, the song rocks.”
“It behooves us always to bear in mind, that while actions are always to be judged by the immutable standard of right and wrong, the judgments which we pass upon men must be qualified by considerations of age, country, station, and other accidental circumstances; and it will then be found that he who is most charitable in his judgment is generally the least unjust.”
“Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.”
“The Unheavenly Chorus is the definitive study of participatory inequality in America. Marshaling prodigious evidence, the authors show how money not only buys influence directly but also affects associations that are supposed to be democratic antidotes to concentrated wealth. A monumental achievement of careful scholarship, this book offers real knowledge of how politics actually operates.”
“I talk slicker than a pimp from Augusta who just had his linen suit dry-cleaned”
“I do think women generally are more humble.”

Source : "Kay Bailey Hutchison: I Thought About Running For President" By Jennifer Bendery, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 18, 2012.
“The hardest victory is the victory over self.”

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