Meaningful Quotes — Page 31

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“As for the various religions, there's no doubt that they are very meaningful to adherents, and allow them to delude themselves into thinking there is some meaning to their lives beyond what we agree is the case. I'd never try to talk them out of the delusions, which are necessary for them to live a life that makes some sense to them. These beliefs can provide a framework for deeds that are noble or savage, and anywhere in between, and there's every reason to focus attention on the deeds and the background for them, to the extent that we can grasp it.”

Thinking Focus Meaningful

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“In the West, you don't get in any trouble if you tell the truth, but you still can't do it. Not only can't you tell the truth, you can't think the truth. It's just so deeply embedded, deeply instilled, that without any meaningful coercion it comes out the same way it does in a totalitarian state.”

Thinking Doe Meaningful

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“Major efforts have to be undertaken to bring the general public to understand the real reasons for their plight, and the possibilities for radical social and political change to construct meaningful popular control of all institutions - in communities, in the workplace, in the larger society, and on to the international order.”

Real Order Meaningful

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Henry Rollins

Musician, Writer, Actor

“There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful.”

Way Knowing Meaningful

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Joel Miller

Author, Speaker

“What we have to remember is that not everything is under our control. If people are free in any meaningful sense of the word, that means they are at liberty to foul up their lives as much as make something grand of them. That's a gamble we all take. That's the risk of liberty. Nobody wants others to screw up their lives, but each must be free to do so for themselves.”

People Risk Meaningful

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John Carroll

Actor

“Unless the fundamental categories of economics such as 'property' were to be redefined in a radically personal way the liberal rationalist curse which had established economics as a scientific discipline cut off from human interests would proliferate. Economic models ... have failed to incorporate any meaningful index of individual benefit other than the original utilitarian one, ... the index of increasing income or an increasing flow of commodities.”

Cutting Meaningful Economic Models

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Kofi Annan

Diplomat, Politician

“We have seen recently, almost every major head of state goes to India and says, we believe India should be in the Council. They go back home and do nothing about it. But this cannot be sustained for long. If they want to keep the UN as a global forum where they discuss incidents and take some meaningful decisions, they should [reform].”

Believe Home Meaningful

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James Russell Lowell

Poet, Essayist

“A friendship counting nearly forty years is the finest kind of shade-tree I know.”

Funny Friendship Meaningful

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