"Reaching and understanding is the process of bringing about an agreement on the presupposed basis of validity claims that are mutually recognized."

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Source : "On the Pragmatics of Communication". Book by Jürgen Habermas, 1998.

Jurgen Habermas

#Agreement Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Reaching Quotes

“All you have to do to be a camera actor is tell the truth.”
“Nonviolence is the way to listen to the inner voice.”
“Most bodybuilders only have a hazy notion of what they want to look like. They do not say, 'I am going to be a winner.' The negative impulses around the gym can be incredible. I would hear bodybuilders complaining, 'Oh,no! Not another set!' That destroyed them. I have always believed that if you're training for nothing, you're wasting your effort!”
“Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing.... For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day.”
“Underneath it all, you longed to be annihilated by love...”
“You find what you are best at and stick to it. I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for.”
“I love being with my family, my friends, and my boyfriend.”
“I look at everything Iâ€™ve done critically - but I think thatâ€™s the job of an actor. If you ever sit on your laurels or think that youâ€™re good - in a way, I donâ€™t then think youâ€™re pushing yourself.”

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