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“Pure, existential space was regularly winking at me, each time in a more impressive manner, and this sensation of total freedom attracted me so powerfully that I painted some monochrome surfaces just to 'see,' to 'see' with my own eyes what existential sensibility granted me: absolute freedom!”

Eye My Own Space Pure Absolutes Surface Granted Sensations Existential Sensibility Impressive Absolute Freedom Winking Monochrome

Author:Yves Klein

“In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of poverty in relative terms - the fact that some people lack those things which others in society take for granted.”

People Thinking Needs Facts Past Used Term Poverty Materials Absolutes Granted Relative Straightforward Deprivation

Author:David Cameron

“Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.”

May States President United United States Taken Periods Constitution Absolutes Committed Granted Grants Articles Offense Sections Pardon August January

Author:Gerald R. Ford

“We had principles in mathematics that were granted to be absolute in mathematics for over 800 years, but new science has gotten rid of those absolutism, gotten forward other different logics of looking at mathematics, and sort of turned the way we look at it as a science altogether after 800 years.”

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Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

“The media and even, to some degree, leaders of women's organizations don't understand that the women's movement is an absolute part of society now. It is in the consciousness, it is taken for granted. It is part of the way women look at themselves, and women are looked at.”

Way Looks Consciousness Leader Taken Media Movement Degrees Organization Absolutes Granted Taken For Granted

Author:Betty Friedan

“The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way. No nation or culture can long survive the absence of transcendent values and absolutes.”

Way Long Values Culture Nations Loses Democracy Citizens Absolutes Absence Granted Advancement Transcendent

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“There are no absolutes in relationships. You can't take anything for granted. You can count on absolutely nothing but the unexpected. You only get in trouble when you start thinking that you're some kind of exception to the rule.”

Thinking Kind Trouble Absolutes Granted Unexpected Exception Absolutely Nothing Exception To The Rule

Book:The Emily Giffin Collection: Volume 2: Baby Proof, Where We Belong, Heart of the Matter

Source: The Emily Giffin Collection: Volume 2: Baby Proof, Where We Belong, Heart of the Matter

“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote - where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference - and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.”

“Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.”

Sometimes Taken Sea Military Absolutes Granted Taken For Granted

Author:Chester W. Nimitz