Quotes by Preoccupation I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation. Al Pacino preoccupationperspectivesex At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. Alan Hirsch preoccupationsafetyway I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society. Alan Paton morbidpreoccupationfound It is only when we have renounced our preoccupation with "I," "me," "mine," that we can truly possess the world in which we live. Everything, provided that we regard nothing as property. And not only is everything ours; it is also everybody else's. Aldous Huxley preoccupationregardworld I am also greatly indebted to Bergson, William James, and John Dewey. One of my preoccupations has been to rescue their type of thought from the charge of anti-intellectualism, which rightly or wrongly has been associated with it. Alfred North Whitehead preoccupationrescuetype When grace begins to rule, then our preoccupation with ourselves begins to leave. Alistair Begg preoccupationgrace What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. Arthur Erickson preoccupationmencivilization I can't be a spokesman for anything other than my own concerns. I have to be free to wrestle with my own preoccupations, and if I'm bringing any political awareness to that process, that mitigates my freedom. Ayad Akhtar preoccupationpoliticalawareness In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is inevitable. Bell Hooks preoccupationinevitableculture ...we live in an era of terrible preoccupation with presentation and interpretation, one in which relations between who someone is and what he believes and how he "expresses himself" have been thrown into big time flux. David Foster Wallace preoccupationerasbelieve The premonition of death may for many be a stimulus to novelty of experience: the imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for those who do not flee from the thought of death into triviality. David Riesman preoccupationnoveltymay All of us in Quebec - and I mean all of us - have allowed language to become a preoccupation that works to the disadvantage of all of us - and I mean all of us. Dick Pound preoccupationlanguagemean Sometimes our preoccupation is on having friends. Perhaps we should focus on being a friend. Elaine S. Dalton preoccupationfocussometimes If you begin with the assumption of freedom, the preoccupation is always how to keep freedom in check, how to bind; But if you begin with the assumption of bondage, the preoccupation is always how to set out the word that frees. Gerhard preoccupationbondageassumption Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting. James D. Watson preoccupationbreak-throughthinking Nature is millions of things. And there are millions of ways of understanding its preoccupations. Jean Renoir preoccupationunderstandingway Your preoccupation should be on doing what you do as well as you can. Jay Leno preoccupationwellsshould Proving that profit is economically and morally justifiable, rather than the result of exploitation, has been a central preoccupation of neoclassical economists. Jim Stanford preoccupationprofitresults The preoccupation with what should be is estimable only when the respect for what is has been exhausted. Jose Ortega y Gasset preoccupationexhaustedshould You want a novel to tap as directly as possible into your most unspeakable preoccupations. And in America, in particular, cricket is pretty unspeakable. Joseph O'Neill preoccupationwantamerica123»
