Clad in metaphor, the world becomes newborn to our senses, like a phoenix. It is the most effective … - Vera Nazarian

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Id never heard of a hall pass until I came to America. It sounds like something at school.

Vera Nazarian

Clad in metaphor, the world becomes newborn to our senses, like a phoenix. It is the most effective fresh presentation of the elements of our life for our jaded, numbed, even ailing sense of imagination.

Elements, Imagination, Like, Phoenix, Presentation

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Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

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A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human.

Creative, Equality, Intelligent, Man, Men, Stronger

Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absolute clarity of perception? A dawning which you truly observe, degree by degree. It is the most amazing moment of birth. And more than anything it can spur you to action. Have a burning day.

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We often engage the defense mechanism of tunnel vision, just to keep ourselves focused on our daily lives. This makes us terribly jaded in our perception of what is really around us.

Daily, Jaded, Keep, Perception, Tunnels, Vision

Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.

Doe, Guilt, Help, Matter, Stumbled

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