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«A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol.»
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
| About:
Character,
Power,
Purpose,
Relationships,
Thought,
Understanding
| Keywords:
altogether, comprehends, definite, exert, exerts, resisted, symbol
«We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.»
Author: General George Catlett Marshall
| About:
Determination,
Freedom,
Patriotism
| Keywords:
flag, on the one hand, overwhelming, recognized, symbol, throughout
«All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.»
«Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.»
«Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
any, called, call at, call out, call up, content, contenting, For the, for the moment, in and of itself, Itself, material, merely, moment, not for, so-called, spirit, spirited, spiriting, spirit up, symbol, The Calling, thing, thing in itself, want
«Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.»
Author: Marilyn Monroe
(Actress)
| About:
Sex
| Keywords:
bewilder, bewildered, heavy, load, sex symbol, symbol
«A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.»
«All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.»
«Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
condense, condensed, electrified, electrify, electrifying, glowing, symbol
«Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
architecture, Great Books, human race, Human thought, ideas, in that, not only, page, race, recorded, religious, Religious symbol, symbol, The Great, The Records, vast, Vaster, vastest
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