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“The actual infinite arises in three contexts: first when it is realized in the most complete form, in a fully independent otherworldly being, in Deo, where I call it the Absolute Infinite or simply Absolute; second when it occurs in the contingent, created world; third when the mind grasps it in abstracto as a mathematical magnitude, number or order type.”

World Mind Firsts Form Order Three Numbers Type Logic Thirds Absolutes Infinite Independent Arise Certainty Mathematical Uncertainty Reasoning Magnitude Ontology Finite Number

Author:Georg Cantor

“False casting for practice is the best way to achieve the feel of the line in the air, but in actual fishing, false casts should be limited in number to absolute necessity. In the first place, the more false casts you make, the greater are the chances for the fish to see your arm waving, or the line in the air. And the greater are your chances to make a mistake in the cast and lose your timing. Most anglers, especially tyros, false cast too often. Three false casts should be sufficient for any throw and two is better. One is perfect.”

Source: Trout Fishing

“Institutionalized rejection of differences is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. As members of such an economy, we have all been programmed to respond to the human differences between us with fear and loathing and to handle that difference in one of three ways: ignore it, and if that is not possible, copy it if we think it is dominant, or destroy it if we think it is subordinate.”

Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

“Faith exists when absolute confidence in that which we cannot see combines with action that is in absolute conformity to the will of our Heavenly Father. Without all three--first, absolute confidence; second, action; and third, absolute conformity--without these three all we have is a counterfeit, a weak and watered-down faith.”

Firsts Action Three Father Weak Thirds Absolutes Heavenly Conformity Heavenly Father Counterfeit

Author:Joseph B. Wirthlin

“By unswerving devotion to Me, a man crosses over three Gunas - I am the Abode of Brahman, Eternal and Immutable, of everlasting Dharma and Absolute Bliss.”

Men Three Eternal Crosses Absolutes Devotion Bliss Everlasting Dharma Abode Brahman

Author:Chinmayananda Saraswati

“Civil rights, as we may remember, are reducible to three primary heads; the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty; and the right of private property. In a state of slavery, the two last are wholly abolished, the person of the slave being at the absolute disposal of his master; and property, what he is incapable, in that state, either of acquiring, or holding, in his own use. Hence, it will appear how perfectly irreconcilable a state of slavery is to the principles of a democracy, which form the basis and foundation of our government.”

Source: A Dissertation on Slavery: With a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it in the State of Virginia

“The only time I got the absolute most insanely nervous in my life was at the Olympic trials, because archery is a horrible spectator sport. Nobody goes and watches an archery tournament. Because the targets are three-quarters of a football field away. Who can tell who's winning? You can't even see your own target from where you are.”

Three Winning Sports Watches Fields Football Absolutes Trials Horrible Nervous Target Where You Are Quarters Only Time Spectators Tournaments Archery Football Field

Author:Geena Davis

“Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole first record was really just how I spent my free time: stoned and drinking coffee in my house, spending three hours on a song.”

Firsts Mean Whole Song Three House Hours Gone Records Concerned Absolutes Drinking Spending Coffee Free Time Drinking Coffee

Author:Dee Dee Ramone

“We three belong to the Middle Ages. We have this need of heroism, and there is no place for such feelings in modern life. That is our tragedy. Once I wanted to be a saint. It seemed the only absolute act left to do, for what is most powerful in me is the craving for purity, greatness.”

Needs Feelings Age Wanted Three Left Powerful Modern Middle Greatness Tragedy Absolutes Saint Purity Most Powerful Heroism Craving Middle Ages Modern Life

Author:Anais Nin

“I usually take a walk after breakfast, write for three hours, have lunch and read in the afternoon. Demons don’t like fresh air - they prefer it if you stay in bed with cold feet; for a person who is as chaotic as me, who struggles to be in control, it is an absolute necessity to follow these rules and routines. If I let myself go, nothing will get done.”

Ifs Writing Persons Done Three Hours Walks Struggle Air Feet Cold Bed Absolutes Demon Breakfast Lunch Afternoon Chaotic Fresh Air Cold Feet

Author:Ingmar Bergman

“I have made three rules of writing for myself that are absolutes: Never take advice. Never show or discuss work in progress. Never answer a critic.”

Writing Made Shows Three Answers Progress Advice Absolutes Critics Work In Progress

Book:Raymond Chandler Speaking

Source: Raymond Chandler Speaking

“The absolute minimum for effective exercise is three times a week on alternate days for at least half an hour.”

Three Hours Half Week Exercise Absolutes Work Out Minimum Three Times

Author:Jane Fonda

“I think a man can have two, maybe three, affairs while he is married. But three is the absolute maximum. After that, you're cheating.”

Thinking Men Two Three Married Absolutes Affair Cheating Maximum

Author:Yves Montand

“Design is a field of concern, response, and enquiry as often as decision and consequence... it is convenient to group design into three simple categories, though the distinctions are in no way absolute, nor are they always so described: product design (things), environment design (places) and communication design (messages).”

Way Three Simple Decision Environment Groups Design Fields Products Communication Messages Consequence Concern Absolutes Response Distinction Categories Convenient Enquiry Product Design

Author:Norman Potter