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Quotes About Clarity

I'm quite sure there is a simple way. The trouble is that simple ways so often come out of such complicated research.
~ John Wyndham
Don't you sometimes wish that you had been born into the Age of Reason, instead of into the Age of the Ostensible Reason?
~ John Wyndham
Sounds Machiavellian to me. I like to see what I'm aiming at, and go straight for it.' 'Most people don't, even though they'd protest that they do. They prefer to be coaxed or wheedled, or even driven. That way they never make a mistake:
~ John Wyndham
Knowing makes all the difference... It's the difference between just trying to keep alive, and having something to live for
~ John Wyndham
In the best stories that sense comes through: it is what it is.
~ Elizabeth Strout
Living in a world where constantly one turned and touched incomprehension—they did not comprehend, he did not comprehend—gave the air the lift of uncertainty and this seemed to wear away something in him, always he felt unsure of what he wanted, what he thought, even what he felt. His
~ Elizabeth Strout
What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motions of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.
~ Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
He had the effect on her of a window being thrown open and fresh air and sunlight being let in
~ Elizabeth von Arnim
It is so hard trying to say what you mean.
~ Elizabeth Wein
There were no route maps posted on the walls, but a Wonderland-style sign commanding, 'If you know where you are, then please tell others.
~ Elizabeth Wein
Black Dove, let's write. Let's work on a story. Let's work on Glassland." "Make me a prisoner in the Fortress of Clarity." "Got to rescue you.
~ Elizabeth Wein
I thought I was reading but suddenly I'm read. Some kind of artist then, painting his targets. Distinct or indistinct sensation? I prefer clarity when I can afford it. So what if another flower plagiarized the rosary?
~ Elizabeth Willis
Give light, and people will find the way.
~ Ella Baker
No question is ever settled until it is settled right.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
everything spoken on this earth contains a truth not always apparent at the time.
~ Ellen Datlow
I was in yoga the other day. I was in full lotus position. My chakras were all aligned. My mind is cleared of all clatter and I'm looking out of my third eye and everything that I'm supposed to be doing. It's amazing what comes up, when you sit in that silence. "Mama keeps whites bright like the sunlight, Mama's got the magic of Clorox 2."
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Start thinking positively. You will notice a difference. Instead of 'I think I'm a loser,' try 'I definitely am a loser.' Stop being wishy-washy about things! How much more of a loser can you be if you don't even know you are one? Either you are a loser or you are not. Which is it, stupid?
~ Ellen DeGeneres
I think there's too much mult-tasking going on. I think people need to quiet down and focus and be still more.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Start thinking positively. You will notice a difference. Instead of "I think I'm a loser," try "I definitely am a loser." Stop being wishy-washy about things! How much more of a loser can you be if you don't even know you are one? Either you are a loser or you are not. Which is it, stupid?
~ Ellen DeGeneres
If you have to say you're kidding, it might not be a great joke.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Don't hold onto things, it will only bring you pain.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Here's a professional tip: If you have to say you're kidding, it might not be a great joke.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
You should never assume. You know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of you and me because that's how it's spelled.
~ Ellen DeGeneres