"There is a coherence in things, a stability; something... is immune from change and shines out... in the face of the flowing, the fleeting, the spectral, like a ruby."
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"Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition."
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"Fame is fleeting, honey. Fame is fleeting and it changes."
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"Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever."
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"A lot of things people see as innovative are faddish and fleeting, and I'm simply telling you, staying power like broadcasting has is more important in the end than the latest app you can download."
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"That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. Everything is in process."
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"The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are."
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"Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones."
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"Oh longing for places that were not Cherished enough in that fleeting hour How I long to make good from afar The forgotten gesture, the additional act."
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"Happiness is such a fleeting point of view - there's no such thing as continual happiness."
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"Everything is banal in experience, fleeting in duration, sordid in content; in all respects the same today as generations now dead and buried have found it to be."
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"I just really love doing what I do. I know every career is fleeting and there will be time periods when I don't get the opportunities that I'm getting right now, so I am taking advantage of them."
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"... we each have our fleeting hour."
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"It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping judgments about millions of Muslim women based on fleeting television images. That is not right."
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"Déjà vu is more than just that fleeting moment of surprise, instantly forgotten because we never bother with things that make no sense. It show that time doesn't pass. It's a leap into something we have already experienced and that is being repeated."
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"Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?"
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"Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the existence."
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"It's all fleeting. As fame is fleeting, so are all the trappings of fame fleeting. The money, the clothes, the furniture."
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"Generally speaking, it is inhumane to detain a fleeting insight."
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"However much we admire the orator's occasional bursts of eloquence, the noblest written words are commonly as far behind or abovethe fleeting spoken language as the firmament with its stars is behind the clouds."
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