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• I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close.

  Henry J. Kaiser

  Dream, Stars, Intention

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• What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code that every member of the organization understands in a common way, and with deep conviction.

  Dee Hock

  Organization, Important, Purpose

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• When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Games, Example, Chess

  "About Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth, Creativity, Telepathy and Artificial Intelligence". Interview with Ugo Dossi, en.chessbase.com. December 21, 2005.

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• Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

  Michael Moriarty

  Honesty, Language, Tradition

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• The two most important things that can be done to promote democracy in the world is first, to bring moral clarity back to world affairs and second, to link international policies to the advance of democracy around the globe.

  Natan Sharansky

  Two, Democracy, Important

  "The Case for Democracy". Interview with Jamie Glazov, archive.frontpagemag.com. December 17, 2004.

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• The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.

  Lytton Strachey

  Latin, Simplicity, Unity

  Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.22, Delphi Classics

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• Meaning is not what you start with, but what you end up with.

  Peter Elbow

  Ends, Communicate

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• A goal is created three times. First as a mental picture. Second, when written down to add clarity and dimension. And third, when you take action towards its achievement.

  Gary Blair

  Goal, Achievement, Add

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• The sun has a sense of all-pervasive brilliance, which does not discriminate in the slightest. It is the goodness that exists in a situation, in oneself, and in one's world, which is expressed without doubt, hesitation, or regret. The sun principle also includes the notion of blessings descending upon us and creating sacred world. It also represents clarity, without doubt.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Regret, Blessing, Creating

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Seven: The Art of Calligraphy (Excerpts); Dharma Art; Visual Dharma (Excerpts); Selecte d Poems; Selected Writings”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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• I'm trying to speak--to write-the truth. I"m trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.

  Octavia Butler

  Writing, Trying, Fancy

  Octavia E. Butler (2012). “Parable of the Sower”, p.141, Open Road Media

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• Trying to change social, national, or global realities without working on human consciousness means there is no serious intention.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Mean, Reality

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• Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

  William Zinsser

  Inspirational, Writing, Simplicity

  "Writing to Clients and Referring Professionals about Psychological Assessment". Book by J. B. Allyn (p. 164), 2012.

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• The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

  Conan O'Brien

  Disappointment, Gains, Originality

  "10 of Hollywood's Most Memorable Commencement Speeches" by Courtney Idasetima, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 30, 2018.

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• Confidence without clarity is always a disaster.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Perception, Disaster

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• Consistent physical structures can allow unbounded intuitive clarity.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Redemption, Structure, Consistent

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• The war was a mirror; it reflected man's every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at his drawings, it showed up both with unusual clarity.

  George Grosz

  War, Artist, Men

  George Grosz (1982). “The autobiography of George Grosz: a small yes and a big no”

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• I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.

  A. R. Ammons

  Stress, Successful, Order

  A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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• Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Revenge, Compassion, Thinking

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• Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

  Melody Beattie

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Fullness Of Life

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• Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

  Aldous Huxley

  Children, Curiosity, Vision

  Aldous Huxley (2000). “Complete Essays: 1930-1935”, Ivan R Dee

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• One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.

  Franz Kafka

  Suffering, Diaries, Reassuring

  Franz Kafka, Nahum Norbert Glatzer (1974). “I am a memory come alive: autobiographical writings”, Schocken

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• Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity.

  Esa-Pekka Salonen

  Orchestra, Layers, Separation

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• My garden is the most beautiful thing in the world.

  Josephine de Beauharnais

  Beautiful, Garden, First Impression

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• My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues.

  Peter Singer

  Running, Thinking, Ethical Issues

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• Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.

  Sharon Olds

  Vision, Puff, Crafts

  Interview with Dwight Garner, www.salon.com. July 1, 1996.

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