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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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
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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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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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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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My friends are my family.
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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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How could this great land of plenty produce too few people in the last 30 years?
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When they talk about legal status, that's code for second-class status.
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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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I've been hearing from people saying they see me more than they do their city council member.
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What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares and the planning and controls continued after the war, and when we won, that's what we did.
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I value not being good at things, because children are not good at things.
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A man in music, as one in love, either lives it or talks about it; seldom both.
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I have a little history. I met Stone Temple Pilots, and their guitar player was a huge Extreme fan. Somewhere down the road, Extreme made its statement.
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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.
