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Absorbing Quotes

I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can’t listen to music while I write. It’s too absorbing Picture Quote #1

I would spend hours absorbing every intonation, every inflection - how the singer would convey a sentiment and how it would sound coming out of their head. All of those things I very carefully watched and absorbed, and so I guess I was studying my whole life, although not in any sort of conventional way Picture Quote #1

Acting is a question of absorbing other people’s personalities and adding some of your own experience Picture Quote #1

The fact that I wasn’t expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear... it had a huge affect on the kind of musician that I became Picture Quote #1

For me, the most absorbing films are those that address big questions and real ideas but embody them in small examples that we can appreciate and comprehend Picture Quote #1

Colleges do not merely offer preparation for the future; they occupy four years of a student’s life, and an institution should do what it can to make these years absorbing and enjoyable Picture Quote #1

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One of the gravest perils which besets the ministry is a restless scattering of energies over an amazing multiplicity of interests which leaves no margin of time and of strength for receptive and absorbing communion with God Picture Quote #1

There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolescence and the retrenchments of middle age when human nature becomes so absolutely absorbing one wants to be in the city constantly, even at the height of summer Picture Quote #1

I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina of age on materials, of innumerable small scratches on surfaces, of varnish that has grown dull and brittle, and of edges polished by use Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been a sponge, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it’s in daily life or in art Picture Quote #1

When I was 18 I was just absorbing everything around me: whatever happens, happens. I was so naive and willing to ride whatever wave life threw at me Picture Quote #1

The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs Picture Quote #1

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Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the universe rather than receiving an imprint from existence Picture Quote #1

I have learned that in a long life we all eventually play the part of the betrayed, and we all eventually play the part of the betrayer, and neither is pleasant because both roles involve pain, inflicting or absorbing it Picture Quote #1

I remember the days of my youth when everything was new and bright; when the mind was always questing, searching, absorbing; when the pain of love was so acute it could suffocate, and the days when joy was delirious Picture Quote #1

Life is going to be complex, and the only way we’re able navigate our way through it at all is by living as best we can and absorbing those experiences and somehow making intuitive responses in future situations that resemble them in some way Picture Quote #1

You may feel a sensation of floating. You may see colors, maybe no phenomena, it doesn’t matter. You are absorbing power Picture Quote #1

My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning Picture Quote #1

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Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions Picture Quote #1

Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique Picture Quote #1

Camel caravans bear witness guns to Caesar. Hordes crawl and seep inside the walls. The streets flow stone. Life goes on absorbing war. Violence kills the temple of no sex Picture Quote #1

Sumner’s mind had reached the calm of water which receives and reflects images without absorbing them; it contained nothing but itself Picture Quote #1

Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure to keep up a large acquaintance with the organs of opinion, remain much more ignorant of the general state either of the public mind, or of the active and instructed part of it, than a recluse who reads the newspapers need be Picture Quote #1

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge Picture Quote #1

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I do not find fault with equality for drawing men into the pursuit of forbidden pleasures, but for absorbing them entirely in the search for the pleasures that are permitted Picture Quote #1

We didn’t start out to make a protest record at all. That would have been too shallow. As usual, it was simply a case of absorbing what’s going on around us Picture Quote #1

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life Picture Quote #1

The short story... is the most democratic of all the arts; anyone may tell a story, and if it is an absorbing one someone will listen Picture Quote #1

I’ve found you can go on writing in the dark, and that the act of writing itself, that mysterious, dangerous, intoxicating, absorbing, nourishing magician’s trick, that act of creation is its own light Picture Quote #1

A profound dislike for merely absorbing knowledge and a compulsion to learn by doing are among the most reliable signs of genius Picture Quote #1

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I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can’t listen to music while I write. It’s too absorbing (Absorbing Quotes) I would spend hours absorbing every intonation, every inflection - how the singer would convey a sentiment and how it would sound coming out of their head. All of those things I very carefully watched and absorbed, and so I guess I was studying my whole life, although not in any sort of conventional way (Absorbing Quotes) Acting is a question of absorbing other people’s personalities and adding some of your own experience. (Absorbing Quotes) The fact that I wasn’t expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear... it had a huge affect on the kind of musician that I became. (Absorbing Quotes) For me, the most absorbing films are those that address big questions and real ideas but embody them in small examples that we can appreciate and comprehend. (Absorbing Quotes) Colleges do not merely offer preparation for the future; they occupy four years of a student’s life, and an institution should do what it can to make these years absorbing and enjoyable. (Absorbing Quotes) One of the gravest perils which besets the ministry is a restless scattering of energies over an amazing multiplicity of interests which leaves no margin of time and of strength for receptive and absorbing communion with God. (Absorbing Quotes) There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolescence and the retrenchments of middle age when human nature becomes so absolutely absorbing one wants to be in the city constantly, even at the height of summer (Absorbing Quotes) I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina of age on materials, of innumerable small scratches on surfaces, of varnish that has grown dull and brittle, and of edges polished by use (Absorbing Quotes) I’ve always been a sponge, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it’s in daily life or in art (Absorbing Quotes) When I was 18 I was just absorbing everything around me: whatever happens, happens. I was so naive and willing to ride whatever wave life threw at me (Absorbing Quotes) The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs (Absorbing Quotes) Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the universe rather than receiving an imprint from existence (Absorbing Quotes) I have learned that in a long life we all eventually play the part of the betrayed, and we all eventually play the part of the betrayer, and neither is pleasant because both roles involve pain, inflicting or absorbing it (Absorbing Quotes) I remember the days of my youth when everything was new and bright; when the mind was always questing, searching, absorbing; when the pain of love was so acute it could suffocate, and the days when joy was delirious (Absorbing Quotes) Life is going to be complex, and the only way we’re able navigate our way through it at all is by living as best we can and absorbing those experiences and somehow making intuitive responses in future situations that resemble them in some way (Absorbing Quotes) You may feel a sensation of floating. You may see colors, maybe no phenomena, it doesn’t matter. You are absorbing power (Absorbing Quotes) My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning (Absorbing Quotes) Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions (Absorbing Quotes) Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique (Absorbing Quotes) Camel caravans bear witness guns to Caesar. Hordes crawl and seep inside the walls. The streets flow stone. Life goes on absorbing war. Violence kills the temple of no sex (Absorbing Quotes) Sumner’s mind had reached the calm of water which receives and reflects images without absorbing them; it contained nothing but itself (Absorbing Quotes) Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure to keep up a large acquaintance with the organs of opinion, remain much more ignorant of the general state either of the public mind, or of the active and instructed part of it, than a recluse who reads the newspapers need be (Absorbing Quotes) The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge (Absorbing Quotes) I do not find fault with equality for drawing men into the pursuit of forbidden pleasures, but for absorbing them entirely in the search for the pleasures that are permitted (Absorbing Quotes) We didn’t start out to make a protest record at all. That would have been too shallow. As usual, it was simply a case of absorbing what’s going on around us (Absorbing Quotes) Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life (Absorbing Quotes) The short story... is the most democratic of all the arts; anyone may tell a story, and if it is an absorbing one someone will listen (Absorbing Quotes) I’ve found you can go on writing in the dark, and that the act of writing itself, that mysterious, dangerous, intoxicating, absorbing, nourishing magician’s trick, that act of creation is its own light (Absorbing Quotes) A profound dislike for merely absorbing knowledge and a compulsion to learn by doing are among the most reliable signs of genius (Absorbing Quotes)

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