Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.
Mirrors are the essence of movies.
Acting is reacting… there’s a magic when you’re working with another actor. With voice acting, you’re doing it alone, all in your head. So, you have to re-create that essence by yourself. It’s not necessarily more difficult. It’s just a different set of skills.
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.
I have great friends and always go back home to remember where and who the essence of Mya and where I actually come from and to never forget that.
Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment.
To grasp the essence of chirality, it is instructive to withdraw for a moment from the familiar three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional one, into a plane, and enquire what chirality means there.
Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.
I think you need to, as an architect, understand the essence of a place and create a building that feels like it resonates with the culture of a place. So my buildings in India or in Kansas City or in Arkansas or in Singapore, they come out different because the places are so different.
When lines are great, they’re easy to do. You just find the essence of it, and you do it.
As a ski bum and someone who came up in a ski bum family, I understand the essence of what Colorado is all about.
The essence of the show is that SpongeBob is an innocent in a world of jaded characters. The rest is absurd packaging.
The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative.
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
I find it difficult to stand up for what you are and what your essence is, and seeing that clearly can be an unbelievably hard thing to do.
Transient bodies are only subject to destruction through their substance and not through their form, nor can the essence of their form be destroyed; in this respect, they are permanent.
What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things… it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.
Generationally, I relate to Basquiat’s culture and the essence of his life story.
In medicine as well as in romantic poetry, it is the heart that is the center and controlling mechanics of life. If the heart stops, life stops. The loss of sight doesn’t not mean death. Yet for ages, the eyes was believed to contain a human being’s vital essence – a not wholly irrational belief.
Developing a good, healthy culture is extremely important at a startup. Culture reflects the essence of a startup’s operation because it directly affects the success of a company’s hiring practices and overall strategy.
The essence of my way of doing business is to not accept the traditional way things are done.
It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.
The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason.
It’s not easy for an artist, especially for a girl. But you know, you just have to work very hard, persist, trust what you have, your essence.
Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew.
The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
Love is the essence of life; love touches all of our work. Love never leaves us. It clings to us, and we cling to it.
Things have definitely changed for me since becoming a mother, but I haven’t for one second lost the essence of who I am and what I do.
In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its unique ability to provide a truly adversarial check on those in power.
Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.
When you think about the word ‘quintessentially’, it’s about trying to get to the very essence of something.
The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.
‘St. Trinian’s’ is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it’s saying, ‘If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,’ and it’s sort of a fun message.
You cannot be democratic one day, and undemocratic on another. It is a state of mind, it is a way of living, and it is an essence of action.
We had our wheat. We made our own olive oil. We made our wine. We had chickens, ducks; we had sheep, cows, milk. So I was raised in a very simple situation but understanding really food from the ground… the essence of food and the flavors. And those memories I took with me, and I think that they lingered on.
Painting has the ability to communicate something about the sitter that gets to his essence.
A player should be disparaged if he gives less than his all, if he doesn’t give 100%, no matter what shirt he’s wearing. Whether it’s your national team, your club, or little league. Yes, there are friendly matches, recreational ones, and so on, but sport in its essence is about giving your best.
I am not into any religions. I have been mostly influenced by Eastern religions – Taoism, the essence of Hinduism and Buddhism. But my belief is not having any beliefs.
I find myself more genuinely drawn to the essence of Beethoven in Schnabel than I ever have been by anybody.
George had performed musical alchemy, distilling the essence of Christmas into music. Adding a lyric which told the tale of betrayed love was a masterstroke and, as he did so often, he touched hearts.
There are lots of ways to be a feminist. Beyonce, for example, is a beautiful example of feminine sensuality and is still really powerful. My character and my inner essence is more like an awkward 15-year-old boy, like a teenager backstage, like, ‘Yeah, what’s up?’ That’s what I’m trying to channel.
The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
‘Spice Girls’ is about unifying the world – every age, every gender, everyone. It’s woman power, it’s an essence, a tribe.
The ‘soul’ is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.
I think it’s a true blessing and great opportunity for me to represent, not only New York boxing, but coming from Brownsville where boxing has been the essence of the neighborhood.
Every soul and spirit has some degree of continuity with the universal spirit, which is recognized to be located not only where the individual soul lives and perceives, but also to be spread out everywhere in its essence and substance, as many Platonists and Pythagoreans have taught.
The players are the essence of the game. It is their creativity, the technical capacity of the player – the players have to be free to explore their individual creativity in the last third of the field, the team able to attack with six players, without concern for the defence.
In my opinion the essence of the ‘wiggle’ shape is one of the most flattering styles a woman can wear, and I urge you to give it a go even if it terrifies you.
What’s the essence of the Go-Go’s? Great melodies, guitar hooks, driving drums. All of that.
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.
For many people, Timbuktu has long represented the essence of remoteness: a mythical, faraway place located on the boundaries of our collective consciousness. But like many of the myths associated with colonialism, the reality is very different.
Words are the essence of culture. Books are pure essence. They are not for women or for men, but for all of us. Without books, civilisation falls into the dark ages.
Even in a world with much sadness, at its essence, life is beautiful.
They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
Shakespeare does a great job of taking 5,000-year-old stories and turning them into modern pieces that are true to the original essence but are completely remade.
I feel that confidence is the essence for a good performance.
Our public schools arbitrarily define science as explaining the world by natural processes alone. In essence, a religion of naturalism is being imposed on millions of students. They need to be taught the real nature of science, including its limitations.
