Think of the person you love the most in the world. Do you really see them visually? Or don't you see on a much deeper level? It's lots easier to visualize people we don't know very well.
Madeleine L'Engle
Related People dont see you for what you think, they see you for what you say SIMPLETON people dont know you till they meet you. dont smile if you dont want to, dont be a false person, don... CAROLINA JANETTE GOMEZ GONZALEZ I loved Madeleine L'Engle as a child - 'A Wrinkle in Time.' AMITY GAIGE Dont force noone to see your worth, it doesnt matter how much you love them, love yourself first, ev... JHERRERA With so many people in the world i am confident in saying, if you connect with someone on a soul lev... NIKKI ROWE its a metephor, see: you put the killing thing right between your teeth but you dont give it the pow... JOHN GREEN I love Chris Crutcher, Sara Zarr, Lois Lowry, Elizabeth Scott, Madeleine L'Engle, Gordon Korman,... LISA MCMANN You can never connect on a deeper level if you idolise someone - you don't see the real person. ALEXANDER SKARSGARD You should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to ... MITCH ALBOM When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like... CAROL CHANNING An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. Its being able t... WILLIAM FEATHER Most of us dont become what we can be because we cant see its what we already are. CARL HAMMERSCHLAG The diffrence in man kind is you do or dont. JAYDON When people pay to see you live, they connect with you on a much deeper level than people who just b... SANDRA BERNHARD How can someone ask you to show your full potential when their actions bring out the worst in you.Fo... TANICA S HALL Dont trust the person you like. But, always like the person you trust. VINAYAN You cant be in a position where you dont know what you are going to do next. ERIC GREEN True love is you. You cant love someone else if you dont love yourself.. Get to know yourself. NERISSA IRVING They don't kill you unless you light them," he said as Mom arrived at the curb. "And I've never lit ... JOHN GREEN People dont care what you know until they know what you care JOHN C. MAXWELL Have we forgotten how to communicate? If you have someones number, why do you write them on FB to as... NERISSA IRVING You can say that you dont care what anyone thinks about you, but in the end, its all that really mat... TIFFANY GARLAND When you see yourself struggling, keep pushing. It shows you are doing something. Dont give up, you ... MLUNGISI SIMELANE do tou think i would speak for you? i dont even know your language JUDD NELSON O yes youwl want to think on that you dont want your mouf to walk you where your feet dont want to g... RUSSELL HOBAN Its who you know you are on the inside that most define the person you are. What one most understand... JONATHAN MICHALIK i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g... DALLY SALAD Very often when you look at the moon, you see only a part of it, but you know there is a much larger... SOURCE UNKNOWN dont let the old break you; let the love make you BERTRAND RUSSELL Many people define who they are, based upon what the world sees when it looks at them. They build th... C. JOYBELL C. It is very much like a drug high. When you're madly in love, you think this person is more special t... HELEN FISHER You should be true to the person you were. Dont try to apply the person you are now to the past. TRIPP MILLICAN The film Punch - Drunk Love is how you see the world when you're in love. You don't see some... EMILY WATSON When you give people the option and make it easier on them, you find that people will recycle on a m... LYNN BROWN Dont GiVe UP iF U StIll WaNna TrY* DonT WIpE YOUR TeARS IF YOU StiLL WANT TO Cry DON'T SET... TRENT REZNOR It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This perso... OLIVIER MARTINEZ Stoans want to be lissent to. Them big brown stoans in the formers feal they want to stan up and tal... RUSSELL HOBAN People think that they are untouchable, but you will probably find that there lives are built around... GARY F EVANS... Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You dont' b... KURT ANGLE YOU ARE TOLD TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF, BUT I SAY LOVE THEM MORE THAN YOU LOVE YOURSELF FOR... STEPHEN .R. ANYAEGBU No person alive today is smarter than you.If you dont think that is the case,ask the dead. FERNAND ROBERT RIVARD Well, Son, I tell you, life for me aint been no crystal stair. Its been hard and bare and rough p... LANGSTON HUGHES I just dont know how...to think less. If you know how, then teach me... AISHAH MADADIY You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer. I DONT KNOW We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory o... DAN BROWN Our story is never written in isolation. We do not act in a one-man play. We can do nothing that doe... MADELEINE L'ENGLE You have more to fear from those who think they know you,Than from those who know they dont. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. If you think the world is full of darkness, let us see your light. If you think the world is full of... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I really think that's right. I really, really do. I know the kid very well and see him everyday. Whe... BOB RUE You're the luckiest person in the entire world if you know what you really want to do, which I w... ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Dont EVER EVER EVER let ANYONE tell you to delete pictures you've taken with your camera. Profession... RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO go outside at tell the world to f*ck its self! you are who you are! express your self... and how eve... SIMI GREWAL You dont know your wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day. MICHAEL PARENTI You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do ... KENNY ROGERS Eat cheese and do a u-turn but if you dont like cheese dont eat cheese and do a u-turn KATIE BAVISTER There's a certain level of realness in Philly. You know, just - people are people. You know, it ... JILL SCOTT Whats the point of changing everything about your lover? you dont love them entirely for who they ar... AMIR RIVEROLL you really think im happy what just because i smile haha thats a joke is the devil good just because... AMBER FAITH HUN You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing... TONY ROBBINS You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing... ANTHONY ROBBINS If you live with the limited beliefs of your mind, you cannot see life, beyond the physical existenc... ROSHAN SHARMA You may have noticed that the books you really love are bound together by a secret thread. You know ... C.S. LEWIS Dont let the love control your heart without letting your brain get in the middle or you will lose m... SAD LOVE ANGEL People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the... YUVRAJ SINGH Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time' has been targeted by censors for promoting N... JUDY BLUME If you dont know learn how to be scared, you'll never really learn how to be brave. SIMON HOLT Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If ... SAM RAYBURN When you have only two minutes to say good-bye to the person you love most in the world, and you don... ELIZABETH GILBERT Sometimes you dont even want to think aout what people are doing with their groceries. SARAH DESSEN Dont know why am different from other people, but i surely know that i think of the long run, i dont... OLASOT Manny:'Thats wat you do in a herd, you look out for each other.' Sid:'I dont know about you guy... ICE AGE When someone recognises you or wants an interview, you think, 'You know, maybe I've done som... ANA IVANOVIC You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a demo... CLARE BOOTHE LUCE You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a demo... GENE FOWLER I don't think you can really, truly be the partner you want to be until you know on an absolute ... SOPHIA BUSH I'm from the Madeleine L'Engle school. The more she delves into science, the more she knows ... TOM SHADYAC You know what I'd really like to do the most right now? Climb up to the top of some high place like ... HARUKI MURAKAMI yepp it's ok, i know you dont care at all, but i still have to make you smile, cause i love seeing y... ABHIYANDA B. My general philosophy of playing bad guys, which I've sort of done, you know, half the time is, ... J. K. SIMMONS Nothing gets easy. It is just that you understand how it is and how it works. Nothing its difficult ... DE PHILOSOPHER DJ KYOS I love you. I'm in the World Trade Center. The building was hit by something. I don't know if I'm go... LORIE VAN AUKEN It gives the kids some hands-on experience with the equipment we have in our lab. Sometimes, it's ea... JENNY SMITH [Israel estimates that there are 50 to 75 dealerships, including some of the largest in the state, t... BOB ISRAEL I think people half know it but don't know it, you know? I think when you see the whole thing, there... KENNETH BRANAGH The thing of it is though that's the only way people know you, they see you in that roll and the... DAVID SELBY You dont have to hold on to the pain, to hold on to the memory. JANET JACKSON "Dont forget me" says love.
"Forget me if you have to" says true love............ PRABHA You are a delicate as a flower, One little thing can break you, so dont let anything come in the way... DANIELLE D dont be too confident when someone tells you they love you, the real question is UNTIL WHEN? becoz j... NIESA AMOR IBARRA Sometimes the best experiences are days when you u dont do anything... EULLYS "JEWELZ" HINNANT III you know people seriously only deciding according to their needs and remember they dont a fuck to yo... FAAMIN Lots of people aren't academically inclined and there are still lots of ways to earn a living. But w... JEAN JOHNSON You don't know how much you really miss someone until you see them again. STEVEN MONACO no one knows why we are put on this earth i dont think any of them are true i dont even know why we ... DALLY SALAD Things happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission. CORMAC MCCARTHY
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We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what ... LOUIS L'AMOUR You can have all the wine and dragons that my money can buy. That’s what the old woman told me, an... L'PONI BALDWIN He taunted me, "Pony boy, pony boy," because I liked ponies. Pony boy. He always came to vent his an... L'PONI BALDWIN I saw the last piece of innocence unfurl inside of her. -Nick Plato (from the story Plato... L'PONI BALDWIN He couldn't take his eye off that dragon There was something odd about the swaying of his tail<... L'PONI BALDWIN When he removed his robes, you could see the hundreds of scars and bruises that shamelessly decorate... L'PONI BALDWIN La vida es un regalo diario. Valóralo. Al final, lo que importa no son los años de vida, sino la v... PAOLA CALASANZ ''DULCINEA'' The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what ... MADELEINE ALBRIGHT I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of pe... MADELEINE PEYROUX Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing. MADELEINE PEYROUX I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played th... MADELEINE PEYROUX I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become ... MADELEINE PEYROUX Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their ar... MADELEINE PEYROUX I love playing to people and seeing them react. MADELEINE PEYROUX I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But i... MADELEINE PEYROUX My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to th... MADELEINE PEYROUX Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff. MADELEINE PEYROUX My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel. MADELEINE PEYROUX Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful th... MADELEINE PEYROUX I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating. MADELEINE PEYROUX I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary j... MADELEINE PEYROUX I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk ... MADELEINE PEYROUX You have to let it all hang out, let go of the ideas that were more comfortable and embrace some of ... MADELEINE PEYROUX No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, a... MADELEINE PEYROUX It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status. MADELEINE PEYROUX A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, w... MADELEINE L'ENGLE With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, qu... MADELEINE L'ENGLE That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've ... MADELEINE L'ENGLE Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are. MADELEINE L'ENGLE Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance... MADELEINE L'ENGLE You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown... MADELEINE L'ENGLE It is the ability to choose which makes us human. MADELEINE L'ENGLE Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it. MADELEINE L'ENGLE In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well,... MADELEINE L'ENGLE