10 QUOTES WITH «INSISTENCE»
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insistence.
Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.
I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence.
The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc. We must not be weighed down by an insistence on a one size fits all approach which implies that all countries want the same level of integration. The fact is that they don't and we shouldn't assert that they do.
Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life.
That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere.
The insistence that the commercialisation of the body is a fit subject for political discussion and intervention is well overdue.
The financial crisis in our country is not a passing storm. Given the size of the problems, our national effort will not be completed in 2012. It will take many years and will require the efforts and insistence of several governments.
I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I admire British literature for its insistence on dealing with social class. It may have been an influence.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSISTENCE»
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insistence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
insistence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The
Insistence of History: Revolution in Burke, Wordsworth, ...
Through a series of theoretically informed readings, this book explores the uncanny effectivity of history in its seeming absence in canonical works by Burke, Wordsworth, Keats, and Baudelaire written in the shadow of the French Revolution ...
2
The
Insistence of the Indian: Race and Nationalism in ...
During these early decades of the nineteenth century, the image of the "Indian" circulated throughout popular culture--in the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, plays about Pocahontas, Indian captivity narratives, Black Hawk's autobiography, ...
3
The Insistence of God: A Theology of Perhaps
The Insistence of God presents the provocative idea that God does not exist, God insists, while God’s existence is a human responsibility, which may or may not happen.
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The
Insistence of the Letter: Literacy Studies and ...
These are some of the key issues tackled by The Insistence of the Letter. The essays in this book provide an innovative forum for discussion for what are often two quite distinct enterprises: literacy research and curriculum studies.
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The
Insistence of God: A Theology of Perhaps
EIGHT THE INSISTENCE OF THE WORLD From Chiasm to Cosmos Where
wereyou when I laid thefoundations ofthe earth? ijOB 38:4 INTRODUCTION TO
PART 3 We promised at the start to honor the animals ofjesus, and now we must
make ...
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Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean ...
In Chapter 3 of that work, entitled "Inca Insistence,'' the Aschers articulated the
idea— taken from Gertrude Stein's famous remark "a rose is a rose is a rose is a
rose"— of cultural "insistence," which is the process whereby, on a day-to-day ...
7
The
Insistence of Beauty: Poems
"Beauty isn't nice. Beauty isn't fair;" So, in part, states an epigraph for this stunning new collection, his thirteenth, by the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry (2000).
8
Being and the Between: Political Theory in the American Academy
We will come to this in later chapters. Consider now the insistence of being that is
expressed in the singularity of things. This insistence can communicate itself as
aggression towards other beings, or as violence, if this insistence is not properly
...
THE INSISTENCE OF CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL COLOURS LET us stand in
front of a uniformly white paper surface so that as much of the retina as possible
is stimulated by the light reflected from it. Almost the entire visual field is then ...
10
Gertrude Stein: The Language That Rises: 1923-1934
(53) About ''repetition'' and ''insistence'' Stein spoke at length in ''Portraits And
Repetition.'' Repetition, of course, is what she had been charged with over and
over by resistant, uncomprehending readers. She says that human beings do not
...
Ulla E. Dydo, William Rice
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSISTENCE»
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Greece bailout: Everyone agrees on conditions except Germany …
It's clear that Greece's debt is a major economic problem for the country, and the German public's dogged insistence on full repayment doesn't ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
How should we talk about Final Fantasy VII's crossdressing …
You compete with one of the gym-goers at "Big 'Beautiful' Bro's" insistence by attempting to do the most squats in 30 seconds: depending on if ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
Canada provinces agree to strategy on pipelines, climate change …
The plan was changed at the insistence of some of the provinces to reflect their desire to fight climate change. Alberta and Saskatchewan have ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
Two men hunted after family racially abused on train (From Evening …
UK and Scottish Governments insistence on "multiculturism" will ensure this. It has never in mankinds history worked and is unlikely ever to, at least in the next ... «Glasgow Evening Times, Jul 15»
Iran deal will set off nuclear, conventional arms race, warns top …
Ram Ben Barak said Iran was plainly still determined to break out to the bomb at a time of its choosing, and that its insistence in the deal on ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
We all have good reason to block Uncle Sam's snoops | New York …
Comey's insistence that the world be arranged to make his job easier should sound familiar to anyone who recalls the debate over encryption ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
Canada provinces agree to strategy on pipelines, climate change
The plan was changed at the insistence of some of the provinces to reflect their desire to fight climate change. Alberta and Saskatchewan have ... «Reuters Canada, Jul 15»
'He is sane': James Holmes' trial showed that the insanity plea is a …
The jury's verdict was not necessarily an agreement with District Attorney George Brauchler's insistence that Holmes was “sane” when he ... «Fusion, Jul 15»
5 Apple Rumors: From a Smaller iPhone to Solar-Powered Mice
... all of the networks can represent their affiliates in discussions with Apple, there are still other hurdles to overcome, such as Apple's insistence ... «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»
West Ham need reinforcements at striker - ESPN FC
The former manager often bemoaned the lack of a striker to convert the chances that were created, but Sam's insistence on relying on the often ... «ESPN FC, Jul 15»
