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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one...

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, common sense, sense, being

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of...

Quote by Ansel Adams about philosophy, revelation, science, experience, history, art, magic, nature, spirit, world

Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.

Quote by Erykah Badu about chance, rest, common sense, sense, world, contentment

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you...

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about pleasure, life, people, contentment

No great work has ever been produced except after a long...

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about meditation, work

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of...

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about pain, idea, nature, human imperfections

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than...

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about mistake, contentment

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say...

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about pleasure, life, people, contentment

I find that a great part of the information I have was...

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest...

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

Quote by Pearl Bailey about contentment

Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point playing solo.

Quote by Derek Bailey about nation, people

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry...

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

Quote by John Adams about society, word

Edouard Pliner is a very strong technical coach. I worked with him for four months in 1997 and I really liked him a lot because he is a great technician.

Quote by Oksana Baiul

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views...

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Quote by John Adams about soul, power

Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ''that these United Colonies are, and of right...

Quote by John Adams about question, rightness, man

By the same token it must follow that the state we now call a small state is in reality a power if it plays such a role in the development of civilization that it marches in the front ranks and wins victories in the fight for law which surpass...

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about state, evolution, civilization, fight, reality, law, power

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the...

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

Quote by Scott Adams about pleasure, people

The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about nation, meetings, people

There are many members of parliament present here who know as well as I do that, if a man has not already been converted, it will require a great deal more than a letter of appeal to achieve conversion.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about present, man

There are those who believe we have need of more literature, of a large international publishing house, of a great peace newspaper, or the like. I am rather skeptical about this idea.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about literature, home, house, peace, idea, need, faith

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