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History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation.
Everything in dancing is style, allusion, the essence of many thoughts and feelings. The abstraction of many moments.
Love is the essence of life; love touches all of our work. Love never leaves us. It clings to us, and we cling to it.
The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.
'Essence' is political. I grew up on the magazine, looking at the covers. Seeing ourselves on the cover is political.
The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long.
The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict.
Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.
Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life
Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That's the essence of architecture. Do I do it with gusto? I do.
The essence of the show is that SpongeBob is an innocent in a world of jaded characters. The rest is absurd packaging.
Although you appear in earthly form Your essence is pure Consciousness. You are the fearless guardian of Divine Light.
AIM in essence is a movement rather than just an organization. It is a manifestation of the desperation of our people.
There is no such thing as a dumb poet or a handless painter. The essence of an artist is that he should be articulate.
The essence of leadership is relationship; influencing people to achieve things together that can't be achieved alone.
The function of the margin of safety is, in essence, that of rendering unnecessary an accurate estimate of the future.
He who believes in goodness has the essence of all faith. He is a man of cheerful yesterdays and confident to-morrows.
The essence of true education in one's life is to show the presence of mind, heart and soul to sense everything right.
The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves.
The most important time in history is - NOW - the present, So count your blessings cause time can't define the essence.
I read poetry every day. I love the boiled down essence of poetry. I look for poetry in prose. In a way that evocative.
The essence of charity ... was not deciding what others needed and giving it to them, but giving them what they wanted.
Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.
God does not exist. He is being-itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him.
Time is of the essence, The crowd and players Are the same age always, But the man in the stand, Is older every season.
The fact is, there really is no such thing as 'normal' - everybody's different, and that is the essence of their beauty
At the end of the day, the sovereignty of maleness is an illusion. In essence and in origin, we are all entirely female.
The conflict of forces and the struggle of opposing wills are of the essence of our universe and alone hold it together.
I stick to Hindi rap. That is my USP. It gives an Indian essence to my music despite the foreign influence of the genre.
Stick around long enough to be someone's friend. Because true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless.
The essence of my work, and of me, is the softer side of a strong woman, and that goes into a number of different roles.
Managing the power of choice, with all it's creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience.
The world is a Hobbesian state of nature in which the struggle for domination is the very essence of international life.
The very essence of your Being is infinite, eternal silence. It is your true nature. It is the essence of all existence.
It's not the appearance, it's the essence. It's not the money, it's the education. It's not the clothes, it's the class.
It is through realizing loving presence as our very essence, through being that presence, that we discover true freedom.
I was always a bit concerned about purity of essence. I never wanted a job that might affect the way I wrote or thought.
I believe that the true value of life lies in work, diligence and innovation. After all, work is the essence of humanity.
Change is the essence of life; change is the great challenge, the great constant. Change is the ultimate teller of tales.
Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.
The old notion that brevity is the essence of wit has succumbed to the modern idea that tedium is the essence of quality.
Art has always been and is in its very essence the boldest departure from nature. It is the bridge into the spirit world.
Silence... is the essence of the music itself, the vital ingredient that makes it possible for the music to exist at all.
Try to reach for a simple, visual phrase that tells you what the picture is all about and evokes the essence of the story
PDCA is the essence of managerial work: making sure the job gets done today and developing better ways to do it tomorrow.
I can't impersonate someone. That is not what I do. I can only take someone's essence and create a character out of that.
The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private.
In essence, Clinton's Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders.
The will to grow is, in essence, the same phenomenon as love. Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people.
I think the essence of [Kurt] Vonnegut's humanism lay in his emphasis on human kindness as, so to speak, our saving grace.