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asceticism should
Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you. Ali ibn Abi Talib
asceticism height comfort
If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it. Jean Cocteau
asceticism virtue
The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue. Friedrich Nietzsche
asceticism handwriting calligraphy
I never did calligraphy... But handwriting is an entirely different kind of thing. It's part of the syndrome of modernism... It's part of that asceticism. Paul Rand
asceticism way peculiar
Asceticism without religion is just another way of cultivating peculiar sensations. Mason Cooley
asceticism celibacy incapacity
Asceticism and celibacy can conceal many incapacities.
asceticism want degrees
When you reach your sixties, you have to decide whether you're going to be a sot or an ascetic. In other words if you want to go on working after you're sixty, some degree of asceticism is inevitable. Malcolm Muggeridge
height influence reader
I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader. Caitlin Flanagan
height scared
I'm scared shitless of heights. Mark Cuban
height would-be folly
To take my work seriously would be the height of folly. Edward Gorey
height firsts poet
I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet. August Wilson
height depth literature
You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God. Edwin Louis Cole
height moral scales
We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations. Agnes Repplier
height fifth-grade growing
I don't like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade. Billy Crystal
height stills terrified
I'm still pretty terrified of heights. Jamie Bell
height particular weight
There is no such thing as a 'correct' weight for any particular height - they are only averages. Henry Beard
comforting fantasy hard
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. Carl Sagan
comfort continued culture duty existence master moral privilege relations religious watch
Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every comfort and privilege that is not incompatible with the continued existence of the relations between them.
comforting elected farmers looking lucky opponents policy producers simpson strong sugar
We are lucky to have two strong lawmakers like Simpson and Peterson looking out for America's sugar producers and the policy on which they depend. Some sugar policy opponents want to put sugar farmers out of business, and it's comforting to know that our elected representatives will not let that happen. Don Wallace
comfort love
I'm always most comfortable in the studio. It's my comfort zone. I love being there, and I love making records.
comfort food literature mental
Children's literature is one of my joys, and it's also my mental comfort food. Gretchen Rubin
comfort shame shame-on-me
Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me. Kurt Vonnegut
comforter
When life gets you down, make a comforter! Bo Burnham
comfort anticipation imperfect
Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition. Edward Gibbon
comfort sometimes cures
To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. Edward Livingston