"Being that can be understood is language."

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Source : Hans-Georg Gadamer (2008). “Philosophical Hermeneutics”, p.31, Univ of California Press

Hans-Georg Gadamer

#Language Quotes #Understood Quotes

“I think everyone is most confident when they are just being themselves and not trying to impress others.”
“Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.”
“When will rappers & skanks realize God's not the only one who gets to judge them on their actions? We do too. It's called CONSEQUENCES.”
“If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's sometimes hard to know who's choosing whom - the poem, the song, or the writer.”

Source : "Breaking into Song: An Interview with Cornelius Eady". Interview with Alexis Orgera, www.anmly.org.
“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”
“And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally.”
“The lesson about food is that the most predictable and the most orderly outcomes are always not the best. They are just easier to describe. Fads are orderly. Food carts and fires aren't. Feeding the world could be a delicious mess, full of diverse flavors and sometimes good old-fashioned smoke.”

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