- 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
- Framed
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was traditional to not actually cash the prizes that Erdos did award while he was alive. People usually framed the cheque instead.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is unusual about Earth is that language, literally, has become alive. It has infested matter. It is replicating and defining and building itself. And it is in us.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
When accessorizing with chunky jewellery, choose bright colours that will stand out and bring alive your look. Statement pieces in bold colours can take your look to a different level and could even become a point of discussion.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that I have the ability to keep a play alive.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.
- Parenting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a shallow understanding of what it means to be alive, and I know certain things about parenting and being a wife and doing the school run. I know little bits, but I'm really a paddler on a beach.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Besides inquiries as to our general well-being, the first thing asked about us, in our first seconds of being alive, is whether we're a boy or girl. Our first passport through this world is our genitals.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's something a point guard can always work on, with keeping his dribble alive a little better. It's so important.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
But really it was just, it was perfect. You know, I actually got that feeling like you know what, maybe this is why I'm alive, you know - maybe this is why I'm here on this on earth.
- Fresh
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- Nov 07, 2020