- Nov 07, 2020
Living Quotes
On making a life, and making a living.
This set of living quotes includes a sharply critical political opinion, presented here strictly as the quote's own stated view about the administration it describes, alongside a separate observation about how thin the line has become between personal and professional life. Related reflections continue in our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
A house is a machine for living in.
- Dubious
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Bible is full of dubious scientific impossibilities, from Jonah living inside a whale, to the sun standing still in the sky for Joshua.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the reasons I like living in Bangkok is that, although it's a megacity, it's very saturated with nature - the vast and brooding skies, the sudden storms and rains, the vegetation and even the animals that abound.
- Decaying
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- Nov 07, 2020
Studies in the emerging field of cellular bioenergetics, a branch of biochemistry concerned with how energy flows through living systems, suggest that molecules from orchids might be able to repair decaying mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, in humans.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because the quality of living with nature and allowing it to manifest itself is different than the quality of living in a city, especially a dense city.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, the idea of living this lifestyle is so boring that I would prefer to read Marcel Proust the whole time during a tour.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
My left foot is severely damaged from TSS, and I'm probably going to have to amputate my left leg. I could be super depressed about it, but I have been given a second chance. I'm here, and I'm living.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I would set up Grammy parties at my house where I would invite all of my friends over, and my whole family would sit in the living room glued to the TV. But I would just dream of someday going there, and I would watch the red carpet interviews over and over and study what was happening.
- Safe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, just the act of venting is helpful. Counseling provides a safe haven for precisely that kind of free-ranging release: You can say things in the therapist's office, with the therapist present, that would be incendiary or hurtful in your living room.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can only speak for myself and my own music, because that is what I am most familiar with, and I write about things that I am living or experiencing.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
As soon as I get on my boat, something inside me changes. Then I really feel what living is.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020