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«A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.»
«A very receptive state of mind...not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it.»
«Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own.»
Author: Nora Ephron
| Keywords:
sensitive
«How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.»
Author: Alan Watts
(Interpreter, Thinker, Writer)
| Keywords:
arabesque, enchanted, instruments, jewels, musical, musical instrument, musical instruments, nerves, sensitive
«Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.»
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
(Critic, Editor, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Beauty
| Keywords:
beauty, development, excites, invariably, sensitive, supreme, tears
«I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you write a song about it, I'll buy you album.»
«Do not confuse peace of mind with spaced-out insensitivity. A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.»
Author: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
confuse, insensitivity, peaceful, Peace of, peace of mind, sensitive, spaced-out, spaced
«Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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earth, feelings, give in, overly, possession, sensitive, shaky, too much, unhappier, unhappiest, unhappy
«Hope is the most sensitive part of a poor wretch's soul; whoever raises it only to torment him is behaving like the executioners in Hell who, they say, incessantly renew old wounds and concentrate their attention on that area of it that is already lacerated.»
Author: Marquis De Sade
(Novelist)
| Keywords:
area, behaving, concentrate, executioners, hell raising, incessantly, lacerate, lacerated, lacerating, on that, raises, raise hell, raising hell, renew, sensitive, torment, wounds, wretch, wretches
«An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everyone jumped on his violin?»
Author: Marilyn Monroe
(Actress)
| About:
Actors and acting
| Keywords:
Isaac, Isaac Stern, jumped, sensitive, stern, violin
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