"Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech."

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Thomas Hobbes

#Understanding Quotes #Speech Quotes

“One thing I knew about the novelistâ€™s task: when in doubt, write; when empty, write; when afraid, write. Nothing is more impenetrable than the blank page. The blank page is the void, the absence of sense and feeling, the white light of literary death.”
“I am concerned that my children will grow up sheltered from the public. I am concerned that the children get to experience childhood and youth in their time without constant monitoring. It has been very important for both the Crown Prince and myself.”
“When I was in college, I lost my scholarship one year. I had enough money for tuition, but not room and board. So I camped in the hills.”
“I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.”
“My road to success was a long road to success was a long road. You get out of something what you put into it. I put blood, sweat and tears into stand-up comedy and the entertainment realm in general. For me to just know be coming around is a blessing. It's a blessing and it's an honor. It makes me say I can get more and I can do more.”
“As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to try to write songs from this time of the day to this time of the day." Almost treat it like a real job. I can't do that. I've never been able to write songs like that. You never know when something creative is going to hit you, or emotion or whatever. You can take it, and turn it into something that makes somebody feel something. I love that about my job.”
“The point isn't to deny our Egos, but to extricate ourselves from our exclusive preoccupation with them.”
“The truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.”

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