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“Philip Kitcher has composed the most formidable defense of the secular view of life since Dewey. Unlike almost all of contemporary atheism, Life After Faith is utterly devoid of cartoons and caricatures of religion. It is, instead, a sober and soulful book, an exemplary practice of philosophical reflection. Scrupulous in its argument, elegant in its style, humane in its spirit, it is animated by a stirring aspiration to wisdom. Even as I quarrel with it I admire it.”

“The church has contributed nothing to civilization. It has progressed somewhat, and it has become a little more decent, in reflection of the movements of civilization that have taken place outside of the church and usually in the face of the strong opposition of the church. But the church has always resisted the process of civilization. It has struggled to the last ditch, by fair means and foul, to preserve as long as it could the vestiges of ancient and medieval theology, with all the puerile moralities and harsh customs and medieval styles of belief.”

“Redundancy of language is never found with deep reflection. Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts.”

Thinking May Littles Found Language Style Reflection Observation Proportion Redundancy

Author:Washington Irving

“The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.”

Long Light Results Meditation Style Bears Reflection Wings Graves Lively Montesquieu

Book:Pensées of Joubert

Source: Pensées of Joubert

“I'm more influenced by people's attitudes and spirits than by their particular style. Whether it's Elsie de Wolfe or Pauline de Rothschild, I always admire women who had a vision and stuck to it. Because ultimately, the way you live has to be a reflection of you.”

People Way Spirit Attitude Vision Style Particular Reflection Stuck Admire Decor Rothschild

Author:Charlotte Moss

“My collections are a reflection of my personal style and interests. All the textiles, fabrics and patterns are of my personal choice.”

Choices Interest Style Reflection Patterns Collections Fabric Personal Style Textiles Personal Choice

Author:Ashley Purdy

“I've been making 16mm urban landscape films about San Francisco for many years. I choose different nonfiction themes to investigate and am generally interested in surfacing lesser-known histories. I like to investigate and illuminate these histories, combining them with my own unconventional storytelling style, which is generally a stream-of-consciousness voiceover involving a steady stream of personal reflections on pining over unavailable women.”

“Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.”

House Fun Ability Watches Comedy Style Standards Reflection Mirrors Behave

Author:Alan King

“Truth exists independent of style. It involves all kinds of issues. Properly considered, it's a quest, a pursuit. To say that vérité is more truthful than something that is narrated is just misplaced. Completely wrong. And the fact that people still talk about it as though they're really talking about something... it puzzles me greatly. A moment of reflection about it tells you that it makes no sense!”

People Kind Moments Style Reflection Independent All Kinds Truthful Puzzles

Author:Errol Morris

“James Taylor is the kind of person I always thought the word 'folksinger' referred to. He writes and sings songs that are reflections of his own life, and performs in them in his own style. All of his performances are marked by an eloquent simplicity.”

Writing Kind Persons Song Style Reflection Performances Simplicity Eloquent

Author:Jon Landau

“On sober reflection, I find few reasons for publishing my Italian version of an obscure, neo-Gothic French version of a seventeenth century Latin edition of a work written in Latin by a German Monk toward the end of the fourteenth century...First of all, what style should I employ?”

Should Firsts Ends Reason Written Century Style Reflection Versions Latin Italian Publishing Should I Obscure Sober Monk Gothic

Book:The Name of the Rose

Source: The Name of the Rose

“Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality.”

Attitude Style Personality Reflection My Own Style

Author:Shawn Ashmore

“I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense of style as well.”

Way Feels Wells My Own Style Reflection Dresses

Author:Rachel Stevens

“The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude. No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple.”

Humans Art Culture Simple Existence Style Demand Highest Reflection Mature Human Existence Plenitude

Book:Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order

Source: Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order