- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Alive Quotes
On feeling alive—in body, in work, and in the natural world.
This page collects quotes about what it means to feel alive—seeing trees as living beings, noting how certain old systems remain active long after they should have faded, and comparing the energy of fieldwork to a quieter newsroom. See our feel quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
But with The Dark Crystal, instead of puppetry we're trying to go toward a sense of realism - toward a reality of creatures that are actually alive and we're mixing up puppetry and all kinds of other techniques.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
The box got bigger, the outside, the buildings. And all that we were doing. I had to raise about $1 million every two days just to stay alive.
- Coworkers
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Wipeout' is a giant obstacle course for adults of all shapes, sizes, and ages. Whoever wins takes home $50,000 and gets to brag to all of their coworkers that they made it out alive!
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Paying attention to my breath makes me happy to be alive. And that really grounds me during a performance.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have kids, you can choose to make them like you, or become like them, and if you've got something that's going to change every six days or six minutes, you can decide to be as awake and alive and learning as they are.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Sexiest Woman Alive definitely didn't just open all the doors for me, which I thought it would. I thought, 'This is going to be huge for me!' And it really wasn't at all.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
Keep hope alive!
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed me. I knew I could live without them but I loved them.
- Key
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- Nov 07, 2020
The key for me is movement. When the ball comes into the box, or when the wide players get it, that's where I have to be clever and make my runs. That's where I come alive.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I try to capture as a writer is the feeling of being alive, of being awake.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The longer I'm alive, the more I realize how little I know. Pretending that you know everything about every topic, and being very vocal about it? That's an instant turnoff.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is about profundity. It's about connecting to everything that it means to be alive, but you have to act.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, academia is often in the brainwashing business and revisionist history is alive and well.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020