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We do not belong to this material world that science constructs for us. We are not in it; we are outside. We are only spectators. The reason why we believe that we are in it, that we belong to the picture, is that our bodies are in the picture. Our bodies belong to it. Not only my own body, but those of my friends, also of my dog and cat and horse, and of all the other people and animals. And this is my only means of communicating with them.
Erwin SchrodingerAre you really going to catch us and take us back to Esther? We donโt belong to her, you know.โ Embarrassed, Victor stared at his shoes. โWell, children all have to belong to somebody,โ he muttered. โDo you belong to someone?โ โThatโs different.โ โBecause youโre a grown-up?
Cornelia FunkeAs an outsider myself, I always mixed myself with different groups...I've never been afraid to go into a different space and relate to those people, because I don't have a place where I belong and that means I belong everywhere.
Trevor NoahGenerally speaking, followers will not commit themselves for very long to a leader who is not also a pragmatist. As most of us have discovered, dreams are only powerful when we believe they can come true. Pipe dreams belong in the realm of fantasy; leaders' dreams belong in the realm of possibility.
Marlene CaroselliAs in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public.
Henry David ThoreauI do not want to be cynical, but if developing nations are kept backward by being told, again and again, you belong to the poor and you are there, where you actually belong, then nothing will change.
Paul KagameI don't belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
Ai WeiweiAll of you desire to belong entirely to God, and God also wants all of you to belong to Him
Vincent de PaulBut you don't belong here! You're dead!" I sobbed against his chest. "Zo, babe, this is the Otherworld. It's not me who doesn't belong here-it's you.
P. C. CastYou have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who creates the character.
Anne ParillaudWhen you don't know your values or who you are or you start to believe things other people are telling you, you get lost. I was just lost because I didn't know what I meant to music or what music meant to me. Now I just belong solo and I belong by myself.
Brandy NorwoodI donโt like the collusion between high fashion design and high street. You have to know where you stand. I belong to luxury fashion. Thatโs what Iโve always felt and embraced. I like the best quality, the best fabrics and the most creative field in fashion. I will stay consistent. I belong to this world.
Hedi SlimaneReligion does not belong to God; it belongs to the human reaction against mortality!
Mehmet Murat IldanAlex, Add it up. No matter how much you want her in your life, she doesnโt belong. A triangle canโt fit into a square. Just pointing out the factsโ "โGraciasโ I donโt point out that if itโs a big enough square, a small triangle can fit inside perfectly. All you have to do is make a few adjustments.
Simone ElkelesI want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen. I'm a different candidate... different because I don't belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I'm honest.
Josefina Vazquez MotaI think that in our part of the world, Scandinavia, we are one of the pioneers of showing that gastronomy can be something - high gastronomy can be something very, very present and doesnt have to involve, you know, what is perceived as the normal luxury items that belong in a high gastronomy restaurant.
Rene RedzepiCreativity does not belong exclusively to professional artists and geniuses; it is the birthright of every single human being. Creativity is our common heritage. You donโt need to quit your job and move to Paris in order to lay claim to this heritage - all you have to do is clear some space in your life for whimsy, invention, sensory pleasure, and play. Most of all, you have to learn how to follow your curiosity more than your fear.
Elizabeth GilbertI belong to that generation who, as students, had before their eyes, and were limited by, a horizon consisting of Marxism, phenomenology and existentialism. For me the break was first Beckett's Waiting for Godot, a breathtaking performance.
Michel FoucaultI belong to a generation - assuming that this generation includes others besides me - that lost its faith in the gods of the old religions as well as in the gods of modern nonreligions. I reject Jehova as I reject humanity.
Fernando PessoaSexiness isn't being young, hot and wearing a bikini. It's being powerful and feeling like you belong in your skin and it feels good.
LightsOne thing that really attracted me to punk was the DIY aspect. And the fact that, since I was a nerd, I was like 'you mean nerds can belong to this little society? So all of these things went into my attraction to it.
Milo AukermanOnce a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
Sade AduWhere you find the attraction for lust and wealth considerably diminished, to whatever creed he may belong, know that his inner spirit is awakening.
Swami VivekanandaI don't belong to any country clubs. I don't have this big circle of friends. Where I make my friends is where I work.
G.W. BaileyThe most fateful change that unfolded during the past three decades was not an increase in greed. It was the expansion of markets, and of market values, into spheres of life where they donโt belong.
Michael SandelWe are not our own. We do not belong to ourselves. But we have been purchased with a dear price. We have cost an immense sum, even the sufferings and death of the Son of God.
Ellen G. WhiteWhen you became a student at Oxford you realized both your own mortality, in the flow of this near-millennium of students, and also the small particle of immortality that attaches to you when you begin to belong to an immortal place.
Charles FinchI declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
Queen Elizabeth IIIt is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to s different species.
William HazlittDonald Trump would never belong to a church that required a ten percent hit. He's too smart.
Gene WeingartenThus to act under the guidance coming from above, this is one side of the sadhana, the dynamic side. The other one is the discrimination between the Purusha and the Prakriti. The Purusha will calmly observe, give sanction, choose, but will realise that all this does not belong to him - all these are outside him. This is the static side of the sadhana. These two aspects constitute the basis of Yoga.
Sri AurobindoWithin each of us there is an intense need to feel that we belong. This feeling of unity and togetherness comes through the warmth of a smile, a handshake, or a hug, through laughter and unspoken demonstrations of love. It comes in the quiet, reverent moments of soft conversation and in listening.
William R. BradfordI believe that we are conforming to the divine order and the will of Providence when we are doing even indifferent things that belong to our condition.
Francois FenelonAnd itโs not just that โwe all need somebody to lean onโ; recent work on giving support shows that caring for others is often more beneficial than is receiving help.โ .โ .โ .โ We need the give and the take, we need to belong. An ideology of extreme personal freedom can be dangerous because it encourages people to leave homes, jobs, cities and marriages in search of personal and professional fulfillment, thereby breaking the relationships that were probably their best hope for such fulfillment.
Jonathan HaidtYour children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.
Khalil GibranThe Southern newspapers, with their advertisements of negro sales and personal descriptions of fugitive slaves, supply details of misery that it would be difficult for imagination to exceed. Scorn, derision, insult, menace - the handcuff, the last - the tearing away of children from parents, of husbands from wives - the weary trudging in droves along the common highways, the labor of body, the despair of mind, the sickness of heart - these are the realities which belong to the system, and form the rule, rather that the exception, in the slave's experience.
Fanny KembleOur Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
Irrfan KhanWhen it becomes clear that no one else shares your level of passion, you are where you belong.
Placido DomingoA mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her children; again she fears for the women and children who belong to her children. ... For each of these-whether for loss of possessions, bodily illness, or undesired misfortune-she mourns and grieves no less than those who suffer.
Saint John Chrysostom