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Sell also: observant, observe

Definitions and meanings of word "observing"

• Adj: quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception

Featured authors with quotes containing word "observing"

Mary Oliver
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American Poet
Tuesday 10 September 1935 - Thursday 17 January 2019
Kate Capshaw
one quote about observing
American Actress
Born Monday 3 November 1952
Bertrand Russell
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British Philosopher, Critic, Historian, Mathematician
Saturday 18 May 1872 - Monday 2 February 1970
Gao Xingjian
one quote about observing
Chinese Novelist, Critic, Playwright
Born Thursday 4 January 1940
Melvin Maddocks
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American Journalist
Graham Greene
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British Critic, Author, Playwright
Sunday 2 October 1904 - Wednesday 3 April 1991
Shigeru Yoshida
one quote about observing
Japanese Politician, Diplomat
Sunday 22 September 1878 - Friday 20 October 1967
Brian Ferneyhough
one quote about observing
British Composer
Born Saturday 16 January 1943
Pieter Zeeman
one quote about observing
Dutch Physicist
Thursday 25 May 1865 - Saturday 9 October 1943
Marc Bloch
one quote about observing
French Historian
Tuesday 6 July 1886 - Friday 16 June 1944
Charles Darwin
one quote about observing
English Scientist
Sunday 12 February 1809 - Wednesday 19 April 1882
Alexander Pope
one quote about observing
English Writer, Poet
Friday 21 May 1688 - Saturday 30 May 1744

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing.

Mary Oliver

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Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Mary Oliver

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The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.

Mary Oliver

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The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need.

Mary Oliver

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Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species.

Mary Oliver

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We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce.

Mary Oliver

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I should point out, however, that at first some difficulty was experienced in observing the phenomena predicted by the theory, owing to the extreme smallness of the variations in the period of oscillation.

Mary Oliver

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The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.

Mary Oliver

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I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.

Mary Oliver

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I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.

Mary Oliver

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With the sugar market hysteria, the people are obviously worried and expect higher inflation. When this hysteria subsides, which we're probably observing, then I hope that people will also get less worried about the future of inflation.

Mary Oliver

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The human mind evolved always in the company of the human body, and of the animal body before it was human. The intricate connections of mind and body must exceed our imagination, as from our point of view we are peculiarly prevented from observing them.

Mary Oliver

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For me the march was a labor - a labor of love - but I was busy handing out flyers for the National Association of Black Social Workers, so I really wasn't standing in the crowd listening and observing. I was busy.

Mary Oliver

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I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.

Mary Oliver

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I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

Mary Oliver

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I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

Mary Oliver

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I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and tried it. I like to be observing everything else, and I get self-conscious in front of the camera.

Mary Oliver

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I'm just observing the world. I was born into it, like you were, and then I found out there were some really disturbing aspects to being alive, like the fact that you weren't going to be alive forever - that bothered me.

Mary Oliver

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It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can, makes it easier to define what you want. It will also ultimately make you a better Chef. Culinary school, or even a single class, is a great bet too.

Mary Oliver

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It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.

Mary Oliver

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