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absorbing

«The adult relation to books is one of absorbing rather than being absorbed»
«There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolescence and the retrenchments of middle age when human nature becomes so absolutely absorbing one wants to be in the city constantly, even at the height of summer.»
«A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles -- whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled -- is vulnerable to manipulation and regimentation. The struggle for survival is, above all, an exercise that is hugely time-consuming, absorbing and debilitating. If you create these ''anti-conditions,'' your rule is guaranteed for a hundred years.»
«Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages.»
Author: William J. Brennan, Jr. | About: Sex | Keywords: absorbing
«Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.»
«Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.»
«The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.»
«Life without absorbing occupation is hell - joy consists in forgetting life»
«Life without absorbing occupation is hell.»
Author: Elbert Hubbard | About: Life | Keywords: absorbing, occupation
«Working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.»