"Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us."

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Source : "Philosophical Papers" by J. L. Austin, James Opie Urmson, Geoffrey James Warnock, 3rd ed., New York: Oxford, (p. 273), 1979.

J. L. Austin

#Acting Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Done Quotes

“Man, I just feel blessed... I was in a situation where the only way I could come out of it was by putting my faith in God. No matter how good my lawyers were, no matter how much celebrity I had, everything was just stacked up against me.”
“Choose a book, ... Any book. Bring it here, and I'll show you what else the world can offer.”

Source : Peter V. Brett (2015). “The Demon Cycle 3-Book Bundle: The Warded Man, The Desert Spear, The Daylight War”, p.126, Del Rey
“I'd never met coffee that wasn't wonderful. It was just a matter of how wonderful it was.”
“How good and thoughtful he is; the world seems full of good men--even if there are monsters in it.”

Source : Bram Stoker (2009). “Dracula”, p.192, Cosimo, Inc.
“I have no idea why she quieted down on the subject. Maybe she was told to. I can imagine that it wasn't a very popular position in the Administration, with her own husband having ordered by executive order the internment. Maybe she was just told: "Look, we're in a war now. Turn off your social conscience."”
“What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!" "And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known!”
“Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.”

Source : "There’s a Fire on the Mountain" by Mickey Hart, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2011.
“[T]here are, at bottom, basically two ways to order social affairs, Coercively, through the mechanisms of the state - what we can call political society. And voluntarily, through the private interaction of individuals and associations - what we can call civil society. ... In a civil society, you make the decision. In a political society, someone else does. ... Civil society is based on reason, eloquence, and persuasion, which is to say voluntarism. Political society, on the other hand, is based on force.”

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