Sleep: We glorify sleep deprivation, as if it were a sign of being needed, successful and irreplaceable, and as if it testified of our strong work ethic.
According to Walter Benjamin, it testifies to a "lack of any deep understanding of Kafka's life," one great riddle of which is, indeed, Kafka's choice of such a philistine for a best friend.
In its freedom from the conventional physical analogies of the creative act and in its degree of abstraction, this text is virtually unique in Egypt, and it testifies to the philosophical sophistication of the priests of Memphis.
The impulse to see an American failure at the root of every international tragedy is understandable, and in some ways laudable; it testifies to a sense of responsibility and a capacity for self-criticism.
"It testifies to the power of Titian's painting and the conviction that public access to the greatest works of art is of the utmost importance".
The music harks back to Celtic mountain ballads, string-band blues, Cajun waltzes and rural gospel hymns, and it testifies to the survival of both a steadfast heritage and one stubborn musician.
It testifies to the enrichment of nanocrystal volume with copper that is also confirmed by additional shift of XRD peak positions to higher angles [22, 31].
This view did not long prevail, but it testifies to the strength of the tendency to believe that citizens surely have an obligation to obey the laws of their country, at least if it is reasonably just.
It testifies to another characteristic of Büttner's style: the works are as much about the iconoclastic imagery as they are about the words that accompany them.
It testifies to the enduring power of CS Lewis's recasting of the Christian myth that I'm far from alone.
There's an odd comfort to this notion; it testifies to the enduring power of language, a faith in the potency of mere syllables to shock and outrage.
