"Ordinary language carries with it conditions of meaning which it is easy to recognize by classifying the contexts in which the expression is employed in a meaningful manner."

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Paul Ricoeur

#Meaningful Quotes #Expression Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.”
“Some people say 'what would happen if we had a Communist Chancellor of the Exchequer?' I would ask in reply, 'what would happen if he had a lot of Fascist or Mosleyite bank chairmen?' In that event it might be thought disadvantageous to have publicity.”
“Another possibility is that evolution selected creativity in general as a marker of sexual fitness.”
“The poem began with the title. Then I was annoyed by one of the occasional poetry-is-dead articles. Then I refute that notion.”
“For me, a rocket is only a means--only a method of reaching the depths of space--and not an end in itself... There's no doubt that it's very important to have rocket ships since they will help mankind to settle elsewhere in the universe. But what I'm working for is this resettling... The whole idea is to move away from the Earth to settlements in space.”
“His administration apparently means to define itself as a television program instead of a government...I don't know if it can please both its sponsors and its intended audience.”
“I don't think twice about picking up my dog's poop, but if another dog's poop is next to it, I think, 'Eww, dog poop!”
“Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!”

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