Woven quotes

Woven

86 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison Novelist, Essayist

"America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description."

Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa Missionary, Nun

"God will never, never, never let us down if we have faith and put our trust in Him. He will always look after us. So we must cleave to Jesus. Our whole life must simply be woven into Jesus."

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George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist
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"I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe."

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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Don't leave a 'good time' to chance. Experiences have to be woven with care and planning, like a tapestry."

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"The universe danced towards life. Life was a remarkably common commodity. Anything sufficiently complicated seemed to get cut in for some, in the same way that anything massive enough got a generous helping of gravity. The universe had a definite tendency towards awareness. This suggested a certain subtle cruelty woven into the very fabric of space-time."

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist
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"The Hitch Hiker's Guide has not been an opera. It has however been a tapestry, if you count a woven bath towel as a tapestry."

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Robert Jordan Author
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"What is already woven cannot be undone. It will not make the trees grow again for you to bring the building down on our heads."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"There is extensive critical scholarship that provides illustrations in many areas of scholarship. I've discussed many cases myself, while also citing and often relying on academic studies that disentangle these webs of mystification woven for the general public. It's impossible to provide illustrations that would even approach accuracy, let alone carry any conviction, without going well beyond the bounds of this discussion."

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Jorge Luis Borges Writer, Poet
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"I wonder if I have woven through dreams the sexual strife. I don't think so. But after all, my business is to weave dreams. I suppose I may be allowed to choose the material."

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"The destinies of men are woven one with the other, and you can turn aside from them no more than you can turn aside from your own."

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