- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sense Quotes
Sometimes clarity comes from the simplest observation.
This page brings together quotes where 'sense' means very different things - the plain wisdom kids sometimes show, an inborn pull toward wonder, and a poet's near-literal feeling for nature. Pair it with Common Sense for a more practical angle.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mission
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- Nov 07, 2020
Netanyahu's raison d'etre is to save Israel from Iran. That is it. That is his mission in the most profound sense. I have seen it up close.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't write much until I turned 40. Up until then I felt constrained by a sense of the discipline of New Testament studies and a sense of the ruling elite in theology and biblical studies.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
My problems are so miniscule compared to what's going on in the world. In that sense, I feel liberated.
- Physics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course the word chaos is used in rather a vague sense by a lot of writers, but in physics it means a particular phenomenon, namely that in a nonlinear system the outcome is often indefinitely, arbitrarily sensitive to tiny changes in the initial condition.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
What made al Qaeda retrieve the doctrine of militant jihad, and Breivik the ideas of crusade and reconquest, is a sense of siege. So, we should help both Westerners and Muslims get rid of that sense by easing their political tensions and by fostering dialogue between them.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.
- Emotion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a traditional wife in every sense.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a sense, any story that anyone writes is going to be autobiographical - whether it deals directly with the author's experience or not - because it captures what we're obsessed with while working on that particular piece.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the idea of making records that people can use, records that have a sense of utility.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my case, having knocked around at different jobs helped me get a sense of what the world is actually like and also helped me get out of a cocoon.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020