Quotes with semi-transparent

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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow All the means of action - the shapeless masses - the materials - lie everywhere about us. What we need is the celestial fire to change the flint into the transparent crystal, bright and clear. That fire is genius.''
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • B. Kevin Turner Citadel is a global technology leader, recognized for its work to level the playing field for investors and make markets more fair, transparent and efficient. I look forward to leading this exemplary team as we grow this global business.
    B. Kevin Turner
    American businessman (1965 - )
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  • Paul Klee Democracy with its semi-civilization sincerely cherishes junk. The artist's power should be spiritual. But the power of the majority is material. When these worlds meet occasionally, it is pure coincidence.
    Paul Klee
    Swiss artist (1879 - 1940)
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  • Cate Blanchett For 'Blue Jasmine,' I made a decision not to wear any make up in the last shot of the film, as I felt like she had such a mask on - I thought it would be a good idea to leave her with nothing and become completely transparent.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Benjamin N. Cardozo History or custom or social utility or some compelling sense of justice or sometimes perhaps a semi-intuitive apprehension of the pervading spirit of our law must come to the rescue of the anxious judge and tell him where to go.
    Benjamin N. Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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  • Phyllis Mcginley I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is a myth willfully fostered and nourished by certain semi-scientists and other fiction writers. And it has done more, I suspect, to unsettle marital happiness than any other false doctrine of this myth-ridden age.
    Phyllis Mcginley
    American poet and author (1905 - 1978)
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  • Buddy Wakefield I keep forgetting to put focus on my to-do list. I keep forgetting to wander and have fun. I know I'm transparent but my insecurities are in all the right places, so go ahead, have a look.
    Poetry Gahndis Autobiography
    Buddy Wakefield
    American poet and actor (1974 - )
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  • Bear Bryant If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games.
    Bear Bryant
    American football player and coach (1913 - 1983)
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  • Edward Hoagland In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.
    Edward Hoagland
    American Novelist, Essayist (1932 - )
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  • Barack Obama It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Virginia Woolf Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Ben Carson People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • John Tillotson The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.
    John Tillotson
    British theologist (1630 - 1694)
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  • Boris Pasternak The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass age. To his orthodox contemporaries he seems a semi-madman.
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Beth Brooke What is clear is that business leaders must commit to champion change - to be transparent about their goals for change, to align their incentives systems to drive the change, and to make sure their work environments are flexible in a way that allows men and women who choose to work to be able to achieve all of their potential.
    Beth Brooke
    American businesswoman and athelete (1959 - )
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  • Barry Diller What we need to do is replace the entire tax code. I do not think it makes sense to say, 'Let's just grab money from, quote, the wealthy'... The issue is the tax code's rotten and we should start truly over with a simple code that is fair and transparent.
    Barry Diller
    American businessman (1942 - )
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