Maurice Merleau-Ponty Quotes
Because we are in the world, we are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without its acquiring a name in history.
Quotes to Explore
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
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When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.
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Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.
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People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.
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I don't tend to do much with my lips. My lips are naturally very pink, so if I add any more colour, it looks like I've been smacked in the mouth!
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I think my confidence has developed over the years in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be.
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I know I have a hit show on my hands.
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The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch.
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In 1995, I made a website, and half the web came to see it, and I thought, 'Man, that's it, that's what I want to do.'
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At the end of the day, you have to look at, 'Are they knowledgeable? Are they doing their job?' Not what their appearance is.
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Directors tell me what to do, and I kind of just put my own twist to it, just to get inside my personality that everybody doesn't really get to see - my off-the-court interests and the way I act. It's just me.
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A wedding dress is both an intimate and personal for a woman - it must reflect the personality and style of the bride.
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180 episodes of 'CSI: Miami' and never the same lipstick twice!
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I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.
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I didn't feel comfortable at first with pure mathematics, or as a professor of pure mathematics. I wanted to do a little bit of everything and explore the world.
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Tidiness ... makes life easier and more agreeable, does harm to no one and actually saves time and trouble to the person who practices it: there must be an ominous flaw to explain why millions of generations continue to reject it.
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Islamic terrorists are new examples of an old problem with fascism.
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You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.
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Because we are in the world, we are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without its acquiring a name in history.
