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«Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever.»
Author: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
| About:
Death and dying
| Keywords:
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«The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.»
Author: Henri Cartier-Bresson
(Photographer)
| About:
Creativity
| Keywords:
box, brief, camera, fleeting, give and take, instant, lasts, lightning, prey, preyed, preying, preys, trap
«This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment»
Author: Katherine Mansfield
(Writer)
| About:
Hugs,
Letters,
Love
| Keywords:
arms, around, brief, briefed, briefest, briefing, letter, lettered, this is not a, to the letter
«The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.»
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
(Author, Critic, Novelist)
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«There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.»
Author: William Osler
(Physician)
| About:
Art,
Language
| Keywords:
acquire, brief, For some, in brief, observation, plain, plain language, record
«There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record.»
«The homosexual subculture based on brief, barren assignations is, in part, a dark mirror of the sex-obsessed majority culture.»
Author: George F. Will
| Keywords:
assignation, assignations, barren, brief, homosexual, obsess, obsessed, Obsessing, subculture
«The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.»
«The grave is but a covered bridge Leading from light to light, through a brief darkness!»
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Poet)
| Keywords:
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