Living Once Quotes

• Yea, I have looked, and seen November there; The changeless seal of change it seemed to be, Fair death of things that, living once, were fair; Bright sign of loneliness too great for me, Strange image of the dread eternity, In whose void patience how can these have part, These outstretched feverish hands, this restless heart?

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  William Morris

  Loneliness   Heart   Hands  

  William Morris, Peter Faulkner (2002). “Selected Poems”, p.96, Taylor & Francis

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• The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor, you always know where to find it.

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  Tea Obreht

  Doctors   Giving   Living Once  

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• You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough.

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  Joe E. Lewis

  Life   Living Once   You Only Live Once  

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• The basic problem with the new species of global institutions is that they have not yet become aware of themselves as living. Once they do, they can become a place for the presencing of the whole as it might be, not just as it has been.

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  Betty Sue Flowers

  Living Once   Might   Problem  

  Peter M. Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers (2005). “Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society”, p.10, Crown Business

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• Tranquillizers do not change our environment, nor do they change our personalities. They merely reduce our responsiveness to stimuli. They dull the keen edge of the angers, fears, or anxiety with which we might otherwise react to the problems of living. Once the response has been dulled, the irritating surface noise of living muted or eliminated, the spark and brilliance are also gone.

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  Indra Devi

  Personality   Anxiety   Gone  

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• I dream for a living. Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie I want to make.

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  Steven Spielberg

  Dream   Fall   Sky  

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• You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

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  Mae West

  Inspirational   Life   Motivational  

  "Mae West: 'YOLO,' Before YOLO Was a Thing", bigthink.com. September 25, 2015.

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