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Letter "P" » pursuits
«Lux and I have always been reckless and sought out thrills, taken risks, probably blown our minds in certain pursuits. It's only from living this way that we come up with this stuff.»
«I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.»
Author: Igor Stravinsky
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assumptions, chiefly, composer, exposure, fount, founts, pursuits, throughout
«It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
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abilities, appreciate, brought, companionship, contributed, contributes, contributing, go out, greatly, habits, health, health care, individuals, intellectual, moral, pursuits, sphere, unlike
«He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man»
«I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits»
Author: John Locke
(Philosopher)
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ask for, attribute, conversed, converses, conversing, descriptions, peculiar, professions, pursuits, rule of, topics
«Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.»
«In this world, people are engrossed in false pursuits, but in the world hereafter, only the account of your true actions is accepted.»
«Mind is engrossed in false pursuits; he shall endure beatings in the City of Death»
«Human life is precious, sublime and meaningful. But by involvement in purely worldly pursuits, the greatness of human birth is forgotten.»
«Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation and freedom in all just pursuits.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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Chance,
Happiness
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Freedom of conscience, good health, pursuits
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