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A poem gives me a chance to have an encounter with a feeling, with an experience, with a wish, with an idea.
What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.
I never give up when I encounter obstacles in my way. I just continue going until I reach my career objectives.
Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea.
My understanding of Heaven has expanded and deepened since my first encounter with visions and dreams of Heaven.
The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar.
It's always thrilling to encounter the sweep of time in a work of fiction in a way that feels authentic and real.
I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.
I think folks who are resistant to engaging in art become less so once they encounter art that really reflects them.
My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
In an encounter with divine reality, we do not hear a voice but acquire a voice, and the voice we acquire is our own.
I was very fortunate and didn't personally encounter any bullies in school, however bullies exist in many ways in life.
Within a single school, teachers often encounter differences in poverty levels, parent involvement, and student readiness.
It doesn't matter if they're in this block or that block: my heart is for all people to know and encounter the love of God.
What makes art powerful is a flash of recognition, a frightening encounter with something familiar about the human condition.
The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.
What's helped me is my childhood, my tough upbringing. I learnt a lot from that; it helps with any problems I might encounter.
In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.
As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.
One of the things I'm fascinated by as a traveler is watching how different countries control how they let the world encounter them.
You will definitely encounter lots of resistance on the road to super success, but don't let others stop you from reaching your goals.
I have been in a unique position to hear from players and staff members about the issues they and their families have had to encounter.
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.
If it is not possible for me to go somewhere and to be willing to encounter people with different views, then I'm really not doing my job.
The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me.
It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.
Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.
Futurism is almost like a vaccination. You inject a little bit of a denatured pathogen to prepare your body in case you encounter it for real.
The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter.
The worst thing is where the world people experience before they go into the theatre is far more interesting than what they encounter on stage.
The Church must introduce the individual Christian into an encounter with Jesus Christ and bring Christians into His presence in the sacrament.
Don't make being a girl or a victim part of your stand-up act. If you encounter sexism in the business, don't bring it on stage; it's not funny.
The older I get, the more I feel that's all we are: a big bunch of feelings and instincts all wrapped up in some brief encounter with intellect.
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.
I believe that not everything we humans encounter in our lives can be neatly and convincingly tucked away inside the orderly cabinetry of science.
The way people come to church every week, know the songs and be hurting on the inside. We miss the moment to really encounter God... bring healing.
Genuine and true love is so rare that when you encounter it in any form, it's a wonderful thing, to be utterly cherished in whatever form it takes.
In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I'll be offered films in America. It's the encounter, with the director and the story that counts.
It matters so much that from a very early age we encounter different kinds of different people, because that's what real life should be about as well.
I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity.
Higher education should provide an environment to test new ideas, debate theories, encounter challenging information, and figure out what one believes.
The 'Station to Station' film is made entirely out of one-minute films, and each of the 62 minutes is a completely different person, place or encounter.
Sports broadcasting is very open now. In the beginning you did encounter more traditional attitudes and get comments. But I'm talking about 12 years ago.
Emotions are a source of power, and that's what science tells us. But many people I encounter have been led to think of emotions as a source of weakness.
Being human always points, and is directed, to something or someone, other than oneself - be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.
When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate some of the challenges I'm going to encounter in the darkroom.
I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to write all the novels you'll encounter.'
I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isn't happening.