"It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach."

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Source : Paul Ricoeur (2016). “Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences”, p.175, Cambridge University Press

Paul Ricoeur

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“I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.”
“As you pass from the tender years of youth into harsh and embittered manhood, make sure you take with you on your journey all the human emotions! Don't leave them on the road, for you will not pick them up afterwards!”
“You've just got to follow your own path. You have to trust your heart and you have to listen to the warnings. ... You can't argue with the universe. It's not about that. It's more about relaxing and knowing that you can handle it and feeling empowered. Knowing you have the power to do whatever the hell you want to do. That's what it's about. It really is.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“I was always able to throw-it's not something I consciously worked on.”
“Wandering around back stage at a willie Nelson concert is a bit like being the parrot on the shoulder of the guy who's running the Ferris wheel. It's not the best seat in the house, but you see enough lights, action, people, and confusion to make you wonder if anybody knows what the hell's going on. If you're sitting out front, of course, it all rolls along as smoothly as a German train schedule, but as Willie, like any great magician, would be the first to point out, the real show is never in the center ring. As Willie always says, Fortunately, we're not in control.”
“Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.”

Source : City Limits magazine, London, April 7, 1988.
“The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in 'Metcalfe's law'â€“which states that the number of potential connections in a network is proportional to the square of the number of participantsâ€“becomes apparent: most people have nothing to say to each other! By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's.”

Source : "Paul Krugman Responds To All The People Throwing Around His Old Internet Quote" by Jay Yarow, www.businessinsider.com. December 30, 2013.
“I don't like reading music. It's like learning a language. You can't read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it's boring work.”

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