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Nations don't start out. There is not a particular moment when they unveil the essence of themselves. They are always a work in progress.
Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots.
The essence of the miracle of forgiveness is that it brings peace to the previously anxious, restless, frustrated, perhaps tormented soul.
When we reach out to assist the least of Heavenly Father's children, we do it unto Him. That is the essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I like 'I Can't Stand the Rain.' I like it because it has a really oriental feeling to it, an 'oriental taste,' it has an essence of Asia.
God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in the world.
All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation.
Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow.
No, as much of an insider as I become, I will still always be an outsider. It's just the essence of me being who I am and doing what I do.
In the society of illusion, reality must manifest itself. The story songs of Joel Rafael are that manifestation... the essence of minstrel.
Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.
In fiction, you are not limited by real facts. You can manipulate reality; you can invent without being disloyal to the essence of history.
The essence of the modern state is the union of the universal with the full freedom of the particular, and with the welfare of individuals.
With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.
I find it difficult to stand up for what you are and what your essence is, and seeing that clearly can be an unbelievably hard thing to do.
Sentiment, crystallized, grows into sentimentality. It lost all spontaneity, which was the essence of feeling. It was dated--old-fashioned.
But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.
You cannot be democratic one day, and undemocratic on another. It is a state of mind, it is a way of living, and it is an essence of action.
I think art is a total thing. A total person giving a contribution. It is an essence, a soul.. In my inner soul art and life are inseparable
What the gears cannot do the computer might. The computer is the Proteus of machines. Its essence is its universality, its power to simulate
Wherever I go I need a period of incubation so that I may learn the essence of nature, which never wishes to be understood or yield herself.
I could not have been happier with 'The Lincoln Lawyer.' They got the essence, and the casting, starting with McConaughey, was just perfect.
Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we've forgotten that it's our essence.
I believe love is what makes the world go round. No matter how old or young, love is why we are here. It is the very essence of one's being.
The essence of analysis is surprise. When people are themselves surprised by what they say, that's when they are really making some progress.
There is no mysterious essence we can call a 'place'. Place is change. It is motion killed by the mind, and preserved in the amber of memory.
Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.
God is all there is - God includes everything, all possibility and all action, for Spirit is the invisible essence and substance of all form.
The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice.
For me what was very important was to try to capture the essence that might have existed behind the myth, the human essence of the character.
Obsolete misleading theologies bear the same relation to the essence of true religion that scarlet fever, mumps, and measles do to education.
The painter must always seek the essence of things, always represent the essential characteristics and emotions of the person he is painting.
The essence of spirituality is, to be constantly aware of the oneness of all; at the same time to celebrate the uniqueness of the individual.
Just as without silence there could be no sound, you would not exist without the vital formless dimension that is the essence of who you are.
Martin Williams persistently gets at essences, and that is why he has contributed so much to the very small body of authentic jazz criticism.
It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.
A good idea for a new business tends not to occur in isolation, and often the window of opportunity is very small. So speed is of the essence.
The essence of every form is the deathless. Even the essence of a blade of grass is the deathless. And that's why the world of form is sacred.
We have to seek the essence of all religions; then we can see how spirituality actually unites us and empowers us instead of breaking us down.
The essence of war is fire, famine, and pestilence. They contribute to its outbreak; they are among its weapons; they become its consequences.
Wikileaks in its essence is a publisher, pure and simple. They were very much in the same position as 'The New York Times' and 'The Guardian.'
There's something about 'Essence' that we more than like - that we really love: the history of the community, the forward-thinking leadership.
It's not easy for an artist, especially for a girl. But you know, you just have to work very hard, persist, trust what you have, your essence.
And what is the very essence of poetry if it is not this 'metaphorical language'-this marking of the before unapprehended relations of things?
I'm not Martin Luther King. I can't be Martin Luther King. The only thing I can do is present what I feel the essence of Martin Luther King is.
Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.
Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no matter who you are.
Essence has been home for so many of us for so many years. I always say that Essence was the first place that I felt I was a pretty black girl.
If ye love me, keep my commandments." This is the essence of what it means to be a true disciple: those who receive Christ Jesus walk with him.
All truths are erroneous. This is the very essence of the dialectical process: today's truths become errors tomorrow; there is no final number.