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“An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!”
“An atheist, like a Christian, holds that we can know whether or not there is a God. The Christian holds that we can know there is a God; the atheist, that we can know there is not. The Agnostic suspends judgment, saying that there are not sufficient grounds either for affirmation or for denial. At the same time, an Agnostic may hold that the existence of God, though not impossible, is very improbable; he may even hold it so improbable that it is not worth considering in practice. In that case, he is not far removed from atheism.”
Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
“An Atheists loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist thinks that heaven is something for which we should work for now - here on earth - for all men together to enjoy.”
“An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.”
“An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.”
“An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being...that is the true glory of sport.”
“An athlete gains more & more strength by facing resistance. Similarly in life, we only become stronger when we face the resistance of our struggles.”
“An athlete gains so much knowledge by just participating in a sport. Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the thrill of finally achieving your goals. These are all lessons in life.”
“An athlete gets paid a lot of money. And someone who is after that, a thief, a mugger or someone who steals from people, they are taking a chance with the law that if they get caught, they are going to jail or face some other problem. In my case, you are going to get shot.”
“An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.”
“An athlete like Lionel Messi has a significant impact on Argentina's soft power on the global stage because he's able to use his talent and success on the soccer field to promote positive perceptions of Argentina to the rest of the world. His skills and success on the soccer field have helped to draw international attention to Argentina, which is not as well-known as some of its South American neighbours like Brazil.
Messi's accomplishments, which include numerous individual awards and titles, as well as his massive fanbase, have helped to raise the profile of Argentine soccer and the country itself on a global scale. His success has made him a household name in many countries around the world, and as a result, his image and reputation are frequently associated with Argentina.”
“An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.”
“An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.”
“An athlete must have a sound and trained body, and only after, indulge in sport he prefers.”
“An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.”
Source: The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds; an Autobiography
“An athlete needs to read situations before they happen.”
“An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding.”
“An athlete with a running nose and a running stomach is fortunate. If he combines these ‘runnings’ with a pair of running legs, he is set to run to infinity with the speed of light. He has no rival.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“An athletic scholarship shouldn’t be the best opportunity to receive a quality education.”
“An Atlas, whose back is bowed and whose hands are busy holding up the world, has no arms to lift to deal with his own defense. Increase his burdens and you will crush him...This is our present posture...This suggestions I make...would...conserve American lives for American ends.”
“An Atmakaraka is a planet that has the highest degree, and which highlights the best strengths and skills that you were given to achieve your purpose in this lifetime.”
“An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life.”
Source: Lectures and Essays
“an atmosphere of pain blood and pain and misery or staunch bitter rebellion of body- but no peace- no transfiguration- atmosphere of fear of physical pain - wincing from the knife- the loss of identity which is slavery to physical pain. Brutal, passionate flesh- marisse crucifix- pain smoothed way, identity smoothed away in pain- pure anguish human attempts at deciphering the riddle of pain- blood: florid and ornate-ugly, unredeeemed, ironic- waiting in corridors- cross of flesh x spirit- minor daily crosses-”
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“An atmosphere of trust, love, and humor can nourish extraordinary human capacity. One key is authenticity: parents acting as people, not as roles.”
Source: The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s
“An atom is a hierarchy of different states of information that define the statistical likelihood of finding a particle here or there at the time of observation.”
“An atom must be at least as complex as a grand piano.”
“An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.”
Source: Foundation
“An atomic bomb went off in my chest. My vision of a calm summer, page-flipping in the
backyard disintegrated. Camp. Tons of people. Cheesy team building. With tons of people.
-Andy and the Extroverts”
“An attachment grew up. What is an attachment? It is the most difficult of all the human interrelationships to explain, because it is the vaguest, the most impalpable. It has all the good points of love, and none of its drawbacks. No jealousy, no quarrels, no greed to possess, no fear of losing possession, no hatred (which is very much a part of love), no surge of passion and no hangover afterward. It never reaches the heights, and it never reaches the depths.
As a rule it comes on subtly. As theirs did. As a rule the two involved are not even aware of it at first. As they were not. As a rule it only becomes noticeable when it is interrupted in some way, or broken off by circumstances. As theirs was. In other words, its presence only becomes known in its absence. It is only missed after it stops. While it is still going on, little thought is given to it, because little thought needs to be.
It is pleasant to meet, it is pleasant to be together. To put your shopping packages down on a little wire-backed chair at a little table at a sidewalk cafe, and sit down and have a vermouth with someone who has been waiting there for you. And will be waiting there again tomorrow afternoon. Same time, same table, same sidewalk cafe. Or to watch Italian youth going through the gyrations of the latest dance craze in some inexpensive indigenous night-place-while you, who come from the country where the dance originated, only get up to do a sedate fox trot. It is even pleasant to part, because this simply means preparing the way for the next meeting.
One long continuous being-together, even in a love affair, might make the thing wilt. In an attachment it would surely kill the thing off altogether. But to meet, to part, then to meet again in a few days, keeps the thing going, encourages it to flower.
And yet it requires a certain amount of vanity, as love does; a desire to please, to look one's best, to elicit compliments. It inspires a certain amount of flirtation, for the two are of opposite sex. A wink of understanding over the rim of a raised glass, a low-voiced confidential aside about something and the smile of intimacy that answers it, a small impromptu gift - a necktie on the one part because of an accidental spill on the one he was wearing, or of a small bunch of flowers on the other part because of the color of the dress she has on.
So it goes.
And suddenly they part, and suddenly there's a void, and suddenly they discover they have had an attachment.
Rome passed into the past, and became New York.
Now, if they had never come together again, or only after a long time and in different circumstances, then the attachment would have faded and died. But if they suddenly do come together again - while the sharp sting of missing one another is still smarting - then the attachment will revive full force, full strength. But never again as merely an attachment. It has to go on from there, it has to build, to pick up speed. And sometimes it is so glad to be brought back again that it makes the mistake of thinking it is love.
("For The Rest Of Her Life")”
Source: Angels of Darkness
“An attack of hope is the same for us as an attack of fever.”
“An attack on one is an attack on all.”
“An attack on public education is an attack on democracy.”
“An attack on the roots of passion means an attack on the roots of life.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche
“An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.”
Source: Naked emperors: essays of a taboo-stalker
“An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship - it is a crime against our nature as human beings.”
“An attempt at visualizing the Fourth Dimension: Take a point, stretch it into a line, curl it into a circle, twist it into a sphere, and punch through the sphere.”
“An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes.”
Source: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
“An attempt to create a new conceptual terrain for imagining alternatives to imprisonment involves the ideological work of questioning why "criminals" have been constituted as a class and, indeed, a class of human beings undeserving of the civil and human rights accorded to others. Radical criminologists have long pointed out that the category "lawbreakers" is far greater than the category of individuals who are deemed criminals since, many point out, almost all of us have broken the law at one time or another.”
Source: Are Prisons Obsolete?
“An attempt to defame someone who has framed his name with honor will boomerang; the teaser will be inflamed with lame anger for his wicked game has failed.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“An attempt to gain a value by deceiving the mind of others is an act of raising your victims to a position higher than reality.”
“An attempt to study the evolution of living organisms without reference to cytology would be as futile as an account of stellar evolution which ignored spectroscopy.”
“An attempt to wrest from God the prerogatives of absolute freedom and infinity leads to the inversion of Pentecost and what is in effect a new Babel. 'Postmodernism' represents that Babel perfectly, because when each speaks a language unrelated to that of the other - when language is not the basis of the communication that shapes our being - the only outcome can be fragmentation. In that sense, postmodernism is modernity come home to roost.”
Source: The One, the Three and the Many: God, Creation, and the Culture of Modernity
“An attempt to write nothing but characterization will soon bog down; I for one don't want to have somebody tell me about someone else.”
“An attentive observer of the drama that repeated itself every night might have spotted among the poor the gaunt figure of a pale, earnest young man, who, despite the easy sociability of Vienna's outcasts, wore his embitterment as if it were a precious decoration.”
Source: The Little Drummer Boy
“An attentive reader will always learn more, and more quickly, from good authors than from life.”
Source: Enough About Love
“An attitude can murder just as easily as an ax.”
“An attitude is more important that circumstances. More powerful than the past, education, finances, successes, failures, or opinions. Attitude can make or break any situation. So when you face a problem remember that your problem is not your problem. Your real problem is your attitude toward your problem. Because your attitude reveals the real you, it determines your successes and failures in every undertaking.”
“An attitude is much deeper than just our emotions or the thoughts we think. It’s a decision we make based on our core beliefs and values.”
Source: Aligned With Christ
“An attitude is: an inward feeling expressed by an outward action.”
“An attitude of compassion does not mean looking down on someone, pitying them in their misery. Compassion is based on respect. We discuss life as equals, learn from each other and strive together to improve our lives.”