The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own life, depends, in addition to the sense that it is argumentatively defensible, on the sense that someone like me, and someone I like, whose voice is audible and who is at least notionally in the same room with me, does or can possibly hold it to be compellingly true.
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A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought read more
A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know.
Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.
Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.
Give love, and love to your life will flow.
Give love, and love to your life will flow.
Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking--can.
Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking--can.
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Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.
Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.
Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.-.
Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.-.
