- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Commune Quotes
Some connections happen without words.
These lines treat "commune" as something you do, not just a place you live. One traces how readers chase down the towns their favorite authors grew up in, hoping to feel Always a little closer to the work.
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- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
The commune movement is part of a reawakening of belief in the possibilities for utopia that existed in the nineteenth century and exist again today, a belief that by creating the right social institution, human satisfaction and growth can be achieved.
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
My flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London, is in the best building in the world. It's like a commune - everyone gets on - and on Friday evenings I often cook us all dinner.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
How can finite man commune with an infinite God? To both Christians and Jews, God himself has made that possible by irrupting into the temporal world. To Christians, God became man in the Incarnation; to Jews, the God that spoke out of the fire on Mount Sinai gave his Torah.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that every character is a setting, a world with moving parts, and on the other hand, every setting is, in fact, a character - a living breathing thing with personality and backstory. The way stories come to life, at least for me, is when these elements commune in relationship to one another.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
The language of the moment or, as it were, the language of the order in which we live, is the image. I felt that if I wanted to commune with the public, I should best do so through the language of image. It's a conscious embrace of a contradiction.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people, they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress.
- Hobby
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- Nov 07, 2020
Then, all of a sudden, he stopped and nobody heard from him or got a response to orders. At this point Rod Walker looked him up and found he was living in a commune and seemed to be dropping out of the hobby.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.
- Animals
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- Nov 07, 2020
What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and zoos to commune with other beasts. In the process, we discover our shared identity.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The older I get, the more of a recluse I turn into. I love the social aspect of my work. It's like a commune and gets very intense and very sociable. Then when I am not working, I shut myself away, so I can see myself living up a mountain.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020