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Wendell Berry quote: "A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a..."
A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons have sold their moral allegiance. Wendell Berry
The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way of formulating the same thought is to say that the aim of sadism is to transform man into a thing, something animate into something inanimate, since by complete and absolute control the living loses one essential quality of life - freedom. Erich Fromm
Gloria Steinem quote: "so whatever you want to do, just do it...Making a damn fool of..."
so whatever you want to do, just do it...Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential. Gloria Steinem
I must, before I die, find some way to say the essential thing that is in me, that I have never said yet -- a thing that is not love or hate or pity or scorn, but the very breath of life, fierce and coming from far away, bringing into human life the vastness and the fearful passionless force of non-human things. Bertrand Russell
Mark Twain quote: "To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only..."
To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing. Mark Twain
We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become. Ursula K. Le Guin
At my age an hour's reading before bedtime is essential, and I wisely brought Pamela with me. If any of you has trouble sleeping, I will read aloud to you. I never yet knew anyone who could not fall asleep with Richardson being read aloud to him. Shirley Jackson
George MacDonald quote: "Thisis another to be added to the many proofs that..."
Thisis another to be added to the many proofs that verisimilitude is notin the least an essential element of verity. George MacDonald
I think that's the way people absorb television. All the explanations in Doctor Who are there if that's your bag, but they're not essential to your enjoyment of it. An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand? it's about making people care. Steven Moffat
There's an essential order you have to follow in everything. It's a way of showing respect, following everything in the correct order. Haruki Murakami
Once I'm on my feet i realize escape might not be so simple, panic begins to set in. i can't stay here. flight is essential but i can't let my fear show. Winning means fame and fortune, losing mean certain death, The Hunger Games have begun . . . Suzanne Collins
Antoine de Saint-Exupery quote: "What is essential is invisible to the eyes."
What is essential is invisible to the eyes. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Cynthia Ozick quote: "If we had to say what writing is, we would describe it..."
If we had to say what writing is, we would describe it essentially as an act of courage. Cynthia Ozick
Stephen King quote: "I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am...."
I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of. Stephen King
That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity? that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are a essential part and characteristic of beauty. Charles Baudelaire

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