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- Nov 07, 2020
Birth Quotes
Reflections on beginnings, from the personal to the poetic.
Birth shows up here as both a literal event and a metaphor, covering everything from a person's early temperament to poetic imagery of color and origin. One line even weighs a well-known theological question about possibility and power. Explore the theme further in Beginning quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Gearing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it was the birth of Channel 4, and Brookside was very cutting-edge at the time.
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
I encourage my fans to get involved, whether it's just educating yourself on premature birth, or you can donate or volunteer.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a psychological and physical toll from the pressure to recreate ourselves in midlife. To survive as workers, we have to deny, on some level, the realities of our bodies - bodies that age and give birth.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Learning is not just a labour market or economic growth issue. It is an integral part of human development. We learn from birth to death.
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- Nov 07, 2020