"What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?"

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Source : "Antonin Scalia's legacy: Extraordinary writing, and upholding the rule of law" by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, theweek.com. February 13, 2016.

Antonin Scalia

#Mean Quotes #Interpretation Quotes #Really Mean Quotes

“The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality.”
“We live under threat from painful emotions: anger, desire, pride, jealousy and so on. Therefore we should always be ready to counter these with the appropriate antidote. True practitioners may be recognized by their unfailing mindfulness.”
“The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world has ever seen. Freedom works.”
“Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.”
“Gardening is a luxury occupation: an ornament, not a necessity, of life.... Fortunate gardener, who may preoccupy himself solely with beauty in these difficult and ugly days! He is one of the few people left in this distressful world to carry on the tradition of elegance and charm. A useless member of society, considered in terms of economics, he must not be denied his rightful place. He deserves to share it, however humbly, with the painter and poet.”
“No one can define or measure justice, democracy, security, freedom, truth, or love. No one can define or measure any value. But if no one speaks up for them, if systems arenâ€™t designed to produce them, if we donâ€™t speak about them and point toward their presence or absence, they will cease to exist.”

Source : Donella Meadows (2008). “Thinking in Systems: A Primer”, p.177, Chelsea Green Publishing
“Our normal tendency is to feel dissatisfied and to criticize our body, speech, and mind - My body is out of shape; my voice is unpleasant; my mind is confused. - We are so caught up in this pointless, neurotic habit of criticism that we disparage others as well as ourselves. This is extremely damaging.”

Source : Thubten Yeshe (2005). “Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

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