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The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. -- Philip Stanhope
Our culture has created two almost irreconcilable descriptions of a 'good woman.' The first is the individual achiever; the second, the self-sacrificing domestic goddess. -- Martha Beck
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Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a pure art form or a tool for the introspective examination of the human condition. I'm not entirely at ease with that self-description. -- Charles Stross
While I have always thought that the motivation for looking for E.T. was both self-evident and patently worthy, it's possible that I'm a victim of my own job description. Others don't inevitably agree. Some will opine that there are better ways to spend the money. -- Seth Shostak
If one accepts Hezbollah's self-description as a resistance movement, in which case one must, in light of the fact that Hezbollah never ceases to provoke, view Israel's mere existence as a continuing act of aggression, then Hezbollah has indeed shown that it can initiate conflict, resist, and survive. -- Mark Helprin
Let's say I find a lot of current American fiction too overwritten for my tastes, too self-conscious; I like something that's simpler and more direct. The story is what matters to me. I hope to make it seem real to readers, as if it happened just like this - so I don't want fancy descriptions getting in the way. -- Ronald Frame
To me, self-description is a calamity. -- Jasper Johns
I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description. -- Nicolle Wallace
Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. -- Jiddu Krishnamurti
You can never appreciate the scent of a flower by another's description. Some things are left to experience. Journey of self. -- Truth Devour
The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. -- Philip Stanhope
The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. -- Philip Stanhope
Most people we observe who practice self-discovery just get caught up in a new description, a new "ism", a new religion, a new god. But nothing changes. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Most people we observe who practice self-discovery just get caught up in a new description, a new "ism", a new religion, a new god. But nothing changes. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
It's been said that alcoholics are egomaniacs with low self -esteem. It's the prefect description. Being larger than life and yet your pride is crushed with self- loathing. -- Gary Oldman
These truths may seem simple and self-apparent and the words easy to say, but the states of mind that you live in as you progress are beautiful beyond description. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell

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