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“Subject has the variety of life.”

Subjects Variety

Author:Walter J. Phillips

“Dramatic use of color, harmonious design, the interplay of light and shadow across a variety of textures, the portrayal of the figure and other subject matter that reflects the sophistication and beauty I find in nature - all presented from a unique point of view - can only be successfully achieved with a sound command of the painter's craft... history will determine how successful I have been.”

“One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would be started into discourse; but, instead of this we find that conversation is never so much straightened and confined, as in numerous assemblies.”

Thinking Would Be Company Greater Subjects Conversation Variety Engaged Discourse Confined Assembly

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Addison (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Addison (Illustrated)

“To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical...A wise and frugal government...shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned...Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare but only those specifically enumerated...Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands?”

Men Hands Government Opinion Wise Subjects Mouths Labor Congress Spread Bread Variety Welfare Contribution Unlimited Taxation Simplify Frugal Unlimited Power Propagation General Welfare

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“In my own professional work I have touched on a variety of different fields. I've done work in mathematical linguistics, for example, without any professional credentials in mathematics; in this subject I am completely self-taught, and not very well taught.”

Wells Different Self Done My Own Subjects Example Fields Taught Mathematics Variety Mathematical Touched Linguistics Credentials Self Taught Professional Work

Book:The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

Source: The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

“In the midst of all this great variety of subjects, an individual cannot attain to perfection in each, because it is scarcely in his power to take in and comprehend the general theories of them.”

Individual Subjects Theory Perfection Variety Midst

Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

“I would never stop watching film. The reason why I say I like the old ones is I like the subject matter better. I thought they had more variety to them, they had more romantic comedies and things that appealed to me more.”

Matter Reason Film Comedy Subjects Variety Reason Why Subject Matter

Author:Debbie Reynolds

“Our minds, like the needle in that compass, can focus on a variety of subjects throughout the day. But in the end, when they're left alone to settle, they'll focus on the objects of our greatest affection.”

Mind Ends Left Focus Subjects Objects Affection Variety Settling Compass Needles Left Alone

Book:Laws of the Heart

Source: Laws of the Heart