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• We are not entitled to such licence, I mean that of affirming what we please; we make the Holy Scriptures the rule and the measure of every tenet; we necessarily fix our eyes upon that, and approve that alone which may be made to harmonize with the intention of those writings

  Gregory of Nyssa

  Writing, Mean, Eye

  Saint Gregory of Nyssa, Aeterna Press (2016). “Saint Gregory of Nyssa Collection [7 Books]”, p.817, Aeterna Press

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• I am affirming that the casting couch for men exists in the modeling world

  Arjun Rampal

  Men, Casting, World

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• In the first place, all books that get fairly into the vital air of the world were written by the successful class, by the affirming and advancing class, who utter what tens of thousands feel though they cannot say.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Successful, Air

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2474, Delphi Classics

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• In the Name of Allah the Merciful, the Compassionate, Who manifests Himself through everything, the revelation of a clear knowing to whomsoever He wishes, peace be upon you, my son. This praise belongs to Allah Who manifests Himself on the head of a pin to whom He wishes, so that one testifies that He is not, and another testifies that there is none other than He. But the witnessing in the denying of Him is not rejected, and the witnessing in the affirming of Him is not praised.

  Mansur Al-Hallaj

  Son, Names, Knowing

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• When we affirm that philosophy begins with wonder , we are affirming in effect that sentiment is prior to reason .

  Richard M. Weaver

  Philosophy, Wonder, Reason

  Richard M. Weaver (2013). “Ideas Have Consequences”, p.19, University of Chicago Press

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• I love to make music that makes people feel mood-enhancing, life-affirming brilliance but I just make whatever comes out at the time and sometimes it's up and sometimes it down and sometimes it sideways with a hint of s smile.

  Eliza Doolittle

  People, Hints, Down And

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• Many couples have never learned the tremendous power of verbally affirming each other.

  Gary Chapman

  Marriage, Couple

  Gary Chapman (2012). “Life Promises for Couples: God's promises for you and your spouse”, p.163, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Awards movies are normally sort of... life-affirming and noble. It's probably too much of an intellectual conceit and, you know, people don't like it when you don't lead the bad guy off in cuffs.

  David Fincher

  Awards, People, Guy

  "EXCLUSIVE: David Fincher Talks Zodiac: Director's Cut". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. January 7, 2008.

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• You don't go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that's benign conquest. It's a glorious way of exploring other landscapes and other cultures in a very life-affirming way.

  Ben Kingsley

  Other Cultures, Play, Landscape

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. August 6, 2008.

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• Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice.

  Balthazar Getty

  Choices, Records, Hearing

  "Balthazar Getty Faces Himself". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 13, 2015.

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• The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already become the custom of the people.

  Gregory Bateson

  Wise, Law, People

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• For me as a woman pride is not really sin, but rather something that I still have to learn. The male conception of the person who rebels against God by affirming himself, by acting proudly, arrogantly, and without constraints, is not a woman's concern. Rather, we women are in danger of not developing any pride, of never becoming independent, of constantly remaining within too narrow boundaries.

  Dorothee Solle

  Independent, Pride, Acting

  Dorothee Sölle (1990). “Thinking about God: an introduction to theology”, Trinity Pr Intl

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• I grew up in church and it's always been important to me. I've always had a sense of calling to do life and faith-affirming media.

  Brian Bird

  Media, Important, Church

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Casting a spell, in self-defense or in self-interest is not selfish, but positive, life-affirming. You have been given powers, the very same powers that society devalues... What if it comes back tenfold? Well, don't be a fool. Never use your magick to attack the innocent. Then you have nothing to fear... Don't be frivolous or cowardly. If your course is righteous, and your tools ready, go to it.

  Zsuzsanna Budapest

  Selfish, Positive Life, What If

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• Affirming others isn't 'flattering' them-it's when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accomplishments, both large and small. Make affirmation a habit and watch what happens!

  Leon F. "Lee" Ellis

  Accomplishment, Effort, Watches

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• You can make yourself enthusiastic by affirming enthusiasm and by thinking, talking, acting enthusiastic.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Thinking, Talking, Acting

  Norman Vincent Peale (1961). “The Tough-minded Optimist”

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• Whether a country is actually free is determined not by how well-rewarded its convention-affirming media elites are and how ignored its passive citizens are but by how it treats its dissidents, those posing authentic challenges to what the government does.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Country, Government, Media

  "Surveillance State evils". www.salon.com. April 21, 2012.

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• All power that anyone can possibly use is within, waiting to be made visible, first by recognizing it, then affirming it as ours.

  Charles F. Haanel

  Waiting, Firsts, Use

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• Art is a way to get strength from something that is life-affirming. It can be quite violent and still be life-affirming.

  Val Kilmer

  Art, Way, Violent

  Interview with Piotr Uklanski, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 24, 2011.

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• I think we're in a new era where the advancing tide is towards human unity, where people all around the world want to come together. The United States is in a position where it can lead the way towards that and it can do it in practical ways by affirming the power of the United Nations so that the international process makes decisions on international security.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Thinking, People, Decision

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• Goddess is the deep Source of creating integrity and the Self-affirming be-ing of women.

  Mary Daly

  Integrity, Self, Creating

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• I do not believe I am exaggerating in affirming that the empire of Russia is a country whose inhabitants are the most miserable on earth, because they suffer at one and the same time the evils of barbarism and of civilization.

  Marquis de Custine

  Country, Believe, Russia

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• It feels intimate and life affirming to me when someone tweets things that appear to just be insane thoughts they had and typed out then tweeted immediately, with little or no regard for how others might perceive them, simply because they were in a state of emotional desperation and felt like they didn't want to express those thoughts to anyone else.

  Mira Gonzalez

  Emotional, Insane, Want

  Source: logger.believermag.com

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• When I first came to London, I loved hanging around in cafes, smoking, scribbling, dreaming. It was life-affirming and fun.

  Peter Capaldi

  Dream, Fun, Smoking

  "My week" by Peter Capaldi, www.theguardian.com. December 30, 2006.

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• The surest sign that you're working with the life-affirming kind of discipline, rather than the spirit-depressing kind, is that you don't complain very much about doing what it takes.

  Danielle LaPorte

  Depressing, Discipline, Complaining

  Danielle LaPorte (2014). “The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul”, p.39, Sounds True

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