"No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms."
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"Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural."
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"Do nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best."
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"I have never suggested any principled difference between the natural and social sciences."
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"When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best"
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"Nature is accustomed to hide itself."
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"There is a quickness of perception in some, a nicety in the discernment of character, a natural penetration, in short, which no experience in others can equal."
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"How idle is this prating about natural rights as though still containing all that had been forfeited."
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"Writers are like eremites or anchorites - natural-born eremites or anchorites - who seem puzzled as to why they went up the pole or into the cave in the first place."
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"All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed."
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"We have never declared war on China. We have only asked them to leave us in peace, to let us have our natural freedom."
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"Because God created the Natural - invented it out of His love and artistry - it demands our reverence."
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"Everything except God has some natural superior; everything except unformed matter has some natural inferior."
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"The natural life in each of us is something self-centred, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe."
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"Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence."
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"I do not say correct or savory. I do not say seemly or even natural. I say serious. Sensationally serious. Unspeakably serious. Solemnly, recklessly, blissfully serious."
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"The dialogue between what's going on in the world and what's going on internally seems to be a natural thing - well, it's natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts."
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"For kids it's natural to be competitive."
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"Woman is woman's natural ally."
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"I intend to be good for the rest of my natural life -- if I live that long."
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