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• The most important aspect of freedom of speech is freedom to learn. All education is a continuous dialogue - questions and answers that pursue every problem on the horizon. That is the essence of academic freedom.

  William O. Douglas

  Graduation, Academic Freedom, Freedom Of Speech

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• The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without.

  Aleister Crowley

  Inspirational, Life, Philosophy

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• The premises being thus settled, I proceed to observe that the concatenation of self-existence, proceeding in a reciprocal duplicate ratio, naturally produces a problematical dialogism, which in some measure proves that the essence of spirituality may be referred to the second predicable.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Self, May, Ratios

  Oliver Goldsmith, Carl Theodor von KERSTEN (1857). “Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield employed as a means of reading made easy without any alteration of orthography ... By Charles Theodor von Kersten”, p.69

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• If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin.

  Katherine Harris

  Christian, Sin, Ifs

  "Rep. Harris: Church-State Separation a 'Lie'". www.foxnews.com. August 27, 2006.

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• The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the child works in order to grow, and is working to create the adult, the person that is to be. Such experience is not just play... it is work he must do in order to grow up.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Growing Up, Self

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• The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.

  Garrett Hardin

  Tragedy, Dramatic, Unhappiness

  Garrett James Hardin (1995). “The Immigration Dilemma: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons”, F A I R-Federation for American Immigration Reform

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• Tradition, in its essence, is something simultaneously meta-historical and dynamic: it is an overall ordering force in the service of principles that have the chrism of a superior legitimacy (we may even call them 'principles from above').

  Julius Evola

  Historical, Principles, May

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• I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificent artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped out.

  Aime Cesaire

  Talking, Land, Artistic Creation

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• Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time. Its essence is the realisation by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression - the blackness of their skin - and to operate as a group to rid themselves of the shackles that bind them to perpetual servitude.

  Steven Biko

  Brother, Attitude, Men

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• Any combining, mixing, adding, diluting, exploiting, vulgarizing, or popularizing of abstract art deprives art of its essence and depraves the artist's artistic consciousness. Art is free, but it is not a free-for-all.

  Donald Judd

  Art, Mixing, Consciousness

  American Dialog Vol. 1-5, p.9, 1964.

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• Around the edge of the crowd was a little 13-year-old bouncing up and down with a grin that went from ear to ear. She was so happy for her sister. It was a charming moment, and I think thats the essence of what Emily Hughes is.

  Dick Button

  Thinking, Years, Littles

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• The physical union of a man and a woman, in essence, is a supernatural act, a reminiscence of paradise, the most beautiful of all the hymns of praise dedicated to the Creator by the creature; it is the alpha and the omega of all creation.

  Samael Aun Weor

  Beautiful, Men, Hymns

  Samael Aun Weor (2010). “The Mystery of the Golden Blossom: The Magic of Spirituality, Sexuality, and Love”, p.32, Glorian Publishing

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• The function of the margin of safety is, in essence, that of rendering unnecessary an accurate estimate of the future.

  Benjamin Graham

  Safety, Unnecessary, Function

  Benjamin Graham (1959). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”

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• A life truly lived constantly burns away veils of illusion, burns away what is no longer relevant, gradually reveals our essence, until, at last, we are strong enough to stand in our naked truth.

  Marion Woodman

  Strong, Naked, Veils

  Marion Woodman (2001). “Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman's Body and Soul”, p.93, Conari Press

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• If you can attribute your success entirely to your own mental effort, to your own attitude, to some spiritual essence that you have that is better than other peoples, then that must feel pretty good.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Spiritual, Attitude, Effort

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• I believe that the essence of good design is its ability to sustain long term integrity, to become classic and create a truly captivating home.

  Candice Olson

  Integrity, Believe, Home

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• The very essence of capitalism is under threat as business is now seen as a personal wealth accumulator. We have to bring this world back to sanity and put the greater good ahead of self-interest. We need to fight very hard to create an environment out there that is more long term focussed and move away from short termism.

  Paul Polman

  Moving, Fighting, Self

  "Rio+20: Unilever CEO on the need to battle on to save the world" by Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2012.

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• 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.

  Dee Wallace

  Strong Women, Numbers, Different

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• The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.

  Henry Jacobsen

  Exclusion, Materialism, Appearance

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• And I deeply pray that everyone discovers that they can strip away anything that might be holding them back on every level, and can begin living life from the real essence of their own soul.


  Brandon Bays

  Real, Live Life, Soul

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• Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.

  Julie Taymor

  Artist, Important, Want

  "Oh, girl: A Talk with Julie Taymor". Interview with Karsten Meinich, subtitlestocinema.wordpress.com. September 2, 2008.

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• I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world - to pronounce it -- and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner eye.

  Morris Graves

  Eye, World, Paint

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• Conquering evil, not the opponent, is the essence of swordsmanship.

  Yagyu Munenori

  Evil, Opponents, Conquer

  "Behold the Second Horseman" by Joseph Lumpkin, (p. 44), 2005.

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• For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form the whole basis of my concept of alpinism. Some people see no more in climbing mountains than an escape from the harsh realities of modern times. This is not only uninformed but unfair. I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.

  Walter Bonatti

  Real, Climbing, People

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• When in doubt, act boldly, as if it were impossible to fail. In essence it is.

  Steve Pavlina

  Success, Doubt, Impossible

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