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• It is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of permanence.

  Yi-Fu Tuan

  Thoughtful, Past, Reality

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• I believe that everything has a purpose and that everything a person does will come back to haunt or save him. Life is like a mirror in which everything we do is reflected back to us. We might not be able to recognize the reflection, and at times the image may be hidden. We may take years to see it or it may not even be visible during our lifetime. But it all comes around in the end. Space is as infinite as our actions are timeless. We are all part of the same invisible story, all travelling in a single continuum.

  Lorenzo Quinn

  Believe, Mirrors, Years

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• This is all I ever wanted - to help students and artists see myth as a reflection of the one sublime adventure of life, and then to breathe new life into it.

  Joseph Campbell

  Adventure, Artist, Sublime

  Joseph Campbell, Phil Cousineau, Stuart L. Brown (1990). “The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work”, p.12, New World Library

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• The 'Rise, Rebel, Resist' video is a reflection of the outrage the American people are feeling at the absurd hypocrisy, and overwhelming nonsense and balderdash plaguing Washington D.C. It uses a bit of satire and a bit of wishful thinking to form this powerful amalgam of imagery that nourishes and empowers the living art of the song. Our message is clear: Either these elected officials do their job and protect the rights and lives of ALL Americans or be prepared to face the consequences.

  Otep Shamaya

  Song, Art, Jobs

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• Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection.

  Alban Berg

  Feelings, Perception, Enthusiasm

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• The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration

  Hjalmar Branting

  War, Mean, Public Opinion

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• The byline is a replacement for many other things, not the least of them money. If someone ever does a great psychological profile of journalism as a profession, what will be apparent will be the need for gratification—if not instant, then certainly relatively immediate. Reporters take sustenance from their bylines; they are a reflection of who you are, what you do, and why, to an uncommon degree, you exist. ... A journalist always wonders: If my byline disappears, have I disappeared as well?

  David Halberstam

  Degrees, Doe, Needs

  David Halberstam (2002). “The Best and the Brightest”, p.15, Modern Library

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• This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can remain present because, even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it by reflection and thus lose its original mobility.

  Eugen Herrigel

  Mean, Mind, Doe

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• Modern man is a hard driven nomad without any stability, not (as the Bible has it) a wanderer or a pilgrim, but a refugee-an escapist. Instead of meditation and reflection there is only speed, fear and “distraction.

  Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

  Men, Meditation, Speed

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• Maybe I had a 'secret identity,' but then when you think about it, don't we all? A part of ourselves very few people ever get to see. The part we think of as 'me.' The part that deals with the big stuff. Makes the real choices. The part everything else is a reflection of.

  Kurt Busiek

  Real, Thinking, Secret Identity

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• Only when the clamor of the outside world is silenced will you be able to hear the deeper vibration. Listen carefully.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Meditation, World, Able

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• What helps most is remembering that such a cry or attack or sly blow is a reflection of that other person’s inner state; it is not an omniscient summary of you. Your reaction reflects your own inner state, and that can tell you which aspects of your own inner world are needy of attention. p.291

  Stephanie Dowrick

  Blow, Attention, World

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• Choose your friends carefully. They are a reflection of you.

  Jim George

  Jim George (2008). “The Bare Bones Bible® Handbook for Teens: Getting to Know Every Book in the Bible”, p.100, Harvest House Publishers

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• Language is like drinking from one's own reflection in still water. We only take from it what we are at the time.

  Simon Van Booy

  Drinking, Water, Language

  Simon Van Booy (2014). “Everything Beautiful Began After”, p.239, Oneworld Publications

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• It's false. There is absolutely no evidence that extreme weather events are on the increase. None. The argument that more and more dollar damages accrue is a reflection of the greater amount of wealth we've created.

  Jerry Taylor

  Weather, Damage, Events

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• The linguistic and literary reality of the biblical tradition is folkloristic in essence. The concept of a benei Israel ... is a reflection of no sociopolitical entity of the historical state of Israel of the Assyrian period

  Thomas L. Thompson

  Biblical, Reality, Israel

  Thomas L. Thompson (2000). “Early History of the Israelite People: From the Written & Archaeological Sources”, p.422, BRILL

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• What is a Person? is a clear and comprehensive reconsideration of the meaning of human personhood as the central core of social structures. With breadth of intellect and balance of wisdom, Smith resets the frame of reflection for the most important discussions of the twenty-first century.

  William B. Hurlbut

  Balance, Important, Firsts

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• REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter

  Ambrose Bierce

  Views, Yesterday, Mind

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.195, University of Georgia Press

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• If life is no fun, it is because you are no fun. Your life is always a reflection of who you are... Try this: Stop taking things, including yourself, so seriously. Life is not as complicated as you have made it out to be.

  Larry Winget

  Fun, Trying, Life Is

  Larry Winget (2009). “No Time for Tact: 365 Days of the Wit, Words, and Wisdom of Larry Winget”, Penguin

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• Art is a reflection on life. Life isn’t something we can cut and fix. It’s always in a state of flux.

  El Anatsui

  Art, Cutting, States

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• Marriage is like a series of opposing reflections, inverse images getting ever smaller like nesting dolls, each one of your trying to squeeze yourself smaller to fit inside the hopes of the other, until one of you cracks or stops existing.

  Jacob M. Appel

  Trying, Dolls, Cracks

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• This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths – just because they can't think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself.

  Joss Whedon

  Thinking, Ideas, People

  "Joss Whedon bares his teeth over new Buffy film" by Ben Child, www.theguardian.com. November 23, 2010.

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• A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.

  Timothy Keller

  Years, Long, Doubt

  Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.18, Penguin

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• A person who respects others is respected by others in return. Those who treat others with compassion and concern are protected and supported by others. Our environment is essentially a reflection of ourselves

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Compassion, Return, Environment

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• Cut brambles long enough, Sprout after sprout, And the lotus will bloom Of its own accord: Already waiting in the clearing, The single image of light. The day you see this, That day you will become it.

  Sun Bu'er

  Cutting, Light, Long

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