Maurice Merleau-Ponty Quotes
Visible and mobile, my body is a thing among things; it's caught in the fabric of the world, and its cohesion is that of a thing. But, because it moves itself and sees, it holds things in a circle around itself.
Quotes to Explore
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When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And when I grew up, I understood why.
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Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us.
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I'm an independent thinker and independent leader. I have been my whole life.
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Life equals running and when we stop running maybe that's how we'll know life is finally finished.
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You will find out that in the measure you have allowed yourself to look back you have missed that which God has for you.
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Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.
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Or shall I go out as a light does, not first blown out by the wind, but grown tired and weary of itself - a burnt out light? Or finally, shall I blow myself out, so as not to burn out?
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I hold that this must be said, for treaties only make sense when concluded by honor-loving peoples and honor-conscious governments. Germany wishes to establish honest relations with the peoples of neighboring countries. We have done this in the East, and I believe that not only Berlin but Warsaw as well will rejoice in the decontamination of the atmosphere brought about through our joint efforts.
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It is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent.
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To a young heart everything is fun.
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An elegant woman should be able to do her marketing without making housewives laugh. Those who laugh are always right.
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I think people are much more concerned about money now. There aren't the big advances of the past. You feel the sense of nervousness about the book industry. It's not like before. Not that I knew very much about what it was like because I was a newcomer to it, but I get that feeling that people are more conservative in their book choices and what they are going to publish and what's a sure sell. As opposed to - just like in the economy - a sense of luxury and sense of risk taking ten years ago.
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God does not bestow his spirit on his people in order to set aside the use of his word, but rather to render it fruitful.
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I like playing with a good crowd.
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It seems like it's come full circle. It's very personal.
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He who moves not forward, goes backward.
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A great ratatouille is one in which the vegetables interact with each other but are still discernible from each other. The trick is to cook them just right: not over, not under.
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Beauty is to enthuse us for work, and work is to raise us up
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We need to clarify it. We need to work on it. We will continue to do that.
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Visible and mobile, my body is a thing among things; it's caught in the fabric of the world, and its cohesion is that of a thing. But, because it moves itself and sees, it holds things in a circle around itself.
