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Necessary Quotes (page 20)

In order than everything should be reduced to the same level, it is first of all necessary to procure a phantom, its spirit, a monstrous abstraction, an all-embracing something which is nothing, a mirage--and that phantom is the public. Soren Kierkegaard
Gertrude Stein quote: "Once upon a time Baltimore was necessary."
Once upon a time Baltimore was necessary. Gertrude Stein
Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families. Benjamin Rush
It just happened. As though a moment comes when it's both necessary and natural to make a decision that has long since been made. Georges Simenon
For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry. Mary Oliver
Stanley Kunitz quote: "The heart breaks and breaks and lives by breakingit is..."
The heart breaks and breaks and lives by breakingit is necessary to go throughdark and deeper darkand not to turn Stanley Kunitz
But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary. Thornton Wilder
C. S. Lewis quote: "For any happiness, even in this world, quite a lot of..."
For any happiness, even in this world, quite a lot of restraint is going to be necessary... C. S. Lewis
McChrystal had organized a jaw-dropping counterterrorism campaign inside Iraq, but the tactical successes did not translate into a strategic victory. This was why counterinsurgency - blanketing the population in safety and winning them over - was necessary. Bob Woodward
For it would be only for a time. Until what he knew and thought became no longer relevant or necessary and was forgotten. But that was the same with all of us. We were only what we were for a time, at that time. Then our own silver began to mix with the tin of our future to change us. I knew this to be so and grieved for Windlow while I grieved for me. In time I would not be this Peter, even as I now was not the peter of two years ago.... Yet that Peter was not lost. Sheri S. Tepper
Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn't necessary in a long-term relationship. Just as the first caress can lead to a change of heart, the first sentence, however tentative and awkward, can lead to a desire to go just a little further. Julia Cameron
You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it. Annie Dillard
Belief is a meaningless word. What does it mean? I believe something. Okay, now you have someone who is hearing voices and believes in these voices. It doesn't mean they have any necessary reality. Your whole concept of your "I" is an illusion. You have to give something called an "I" before you speak of what the "I" believes. William S. Burroughs
Jeremy Taylor quote: "Nothing is intolerable that is necessary."
Nothing is intolerable that is necessary. Jeremy Taylor
Isaac Asimov quote: "In the presence of total Darkness, the mind finds it..."
In the presence of total Darkness, the mind finds it absolutely necessary to create light. Isaac Asimov

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