"I started my professional life as a philosopher of language and for several years took the orthodox line that meaning is an essentially linguistic phenomenon. Whether as a result of simply listening to everyday talk about meaning, or reading books of anthropology, sociology and art history, it dawned on me that there is nothing at all privileged or central about linguistic meaning."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

David E. Cooper

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“It is a rare person who can pierce the veil between ordinarly life, consumed with matters of physical survival, and pursuit of the empowered path of purpose and meaning unless he or she is motivated by a crisis. Most often we require the failure of some system of power that we rely on before we take action.”
“I have a lot of respect for L. Ron Hubbard and I consider him to be a genius and perhaps less acknowledged than he ought to be.”
“It's very liberating when you finally realize it's impossible to make everyone like you.”
“One thing you can never underestimate is the power of water.”
“You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical ease the brain stops criticizing. Don't let the hand fall into a smart way of putting the mind to sleep.”
“Justice is like the kingdom of God--it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.”
“Memories are meant to fade, Lenny. They're designed that way for a reason.”
“The prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century was both a cause and an effect of social and scientific breakthroughs that have redefined human life. The biggest change is simply that people live longer and have far more freedom to think about things other than staying alive.”

Source : David Bornstein (2004). “How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas”, p.6, Oxford University Press, USA

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