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“One of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes-the values, the ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.”

Life Trying Ideas Real Life Is Values Individual Goal Style Color Substance Theme Texture Life Goal Touchstones Individual Life

Author:Gloria Vanderbilt

“The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self: the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone.”

Self Sometimes Impossible Journey Equal Essence Ultimate Sight Privilege Accomplish Improvement Witness Granted Touchstones

Author:David Whyte

“It [World of Warcraft] is a touchstone. It has established standards, it's established how you play an MMO. Every MMO that comes out, I play and look at it. And if they break any of the WoW rules, in my book that's pretty dumb.”

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Author:Greg Zeschuk

“The realization that The Art of Obscurity is my 25th solo album prompted me to do some deep thinking about where I am, where I’m going and what I still want to achieve from this life in music. In my heart I feel vital and passionate about the creative process and that my best work is the next one I finish. It doesn’t necessarily work out that clean, but for me, it can be the only touchstone.”

“One is always seeking the touchstone that will dissolve one's deficiencies as a person and as a craftsman. And one is always bumping up against the fact that there is none except hard work, concentration, and continued application.”

Persons Hard Facts Work Hard Work Seeking Concentration Application Deficiency Craftsman Touchstones

Book:Further Confessions of a Story Writer: Stories Old and New

Source: Further Confessions of a Story Writer: Stories Old and New

“Black women are the touchstone by which all that is human can be measured.”

Humans Black Black Women Touchstones

Book:What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction

Source: What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction

“California is now a valuable touchstone to the country, a warning of what not to do. Rarely has a single generation inherited so much natural wealth and bounty from the investment and hard work of those more noble now resting in our cemeteries-and squandered that gift within a generation.”

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Author:Victor Davis Hanson

“My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.”

Constitution Touchstones

Author:Ted Cruz

“I think the touchstone is to give consumers a full, fair choice without the power of a monopoly operating system pushing them in a direction that free competition might or might not achieve.”

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Author:James L. Barksdale