"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."

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Source : Maurice Merleau-Ponty (2002). “Phenomenology of Perception”, p.22, Routledge

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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“... they know little of the passions who seek to argue with that most intractable of them all, the fear that is born of love.”

Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1828). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.160
“If you knew that you only had one day to live, what would you think about-your car or favorite pair of shoes or would it be the more everyday joys that occupy your mind?”
“People always want the stars of movies to fall in love with one another.”
“Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.”
“I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that.”
“I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that's how it started.”

Source : "Gary Numan: My family values". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2012.
“If the idea is you're working at a job solely to pay the bills because you have ambitions to do something else, if you're not actively trying to do that other thing, you've gotta make sure you're doing that. Sometimes you've gotta take away your own safety net. But if you feel miserable in a day job, in any job, get out of that. Look for something else. Stay in that job until you have the other thing set up, and then go to that other thing. But sometimes you've just got to jump out with a parachute and trust that you're going to land someplace safe.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented.”

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