"The Intentionality of the mind not only creates the possibility of meaning, but limits its forms."

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Source : "Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind". Book by John Searle, 1983.

John Searle

#Mind Quotes #Limits Quotes #Possibility Quotes

“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”

Source : "The Last Enemy" by Rebecca Sato, www.pbs.org. November 11, 2010.
“You think once you've shown what you can do, and your movies have been successful, that snap, you work. So to discover the difference between guys' roles and girls' roles made me plain mad. It's unjust.”
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.”
“By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength.”
“The type of UFO reports that are most intriguing are close-range sightings of machinelike objects of unconventional nature and unconventional performance characteristics, seen at low altitudes, and sometimes even on the ground. The general public is entirely unaware of the large number of such reports that are coming from credible witnesses... When one starts searching for such cases, their number are quite astonishing.”
“As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.”
“I'd like my life back.”

Source : "BP goes on PR offensive". "Nightly News" with Lisa Myers, www.nbcnews.com. June 3, 2010.
“I’ve learned what ‘classical’ means. It means something that sings and dances through sheer joy of existence.”

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