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Paul Ricoeur Quote: “Ordinary language carries with it conditions…”

Ordinary language carries with it conditions of meaning which it is easy to recognize by classifying the contexts in which the expression is employed in a meaningful manner.

October 28, 2021 1913, February 27, French, Paul Ricoeur, Quotes by Philosophers

Maxine Kumin Quote: “I’ve reached a point in life…”

I’ve reached a point in life where it would be easy to let down my guard and write simple imagistic poems. But I don’t want to write poems that aren’t necessary. I want to write poems that matter, that have an interesting point of view.

October 3, 2021 1925, American, June 6, Maxine Kumin, Quotes by Poets

John Hutton Quote: “And, in the past, it has…”

And, in the past, it has been all too easy for legislators to load costs onto business in order to meet broader social goals. And costs for business means costs for consumers.

September 29, 2021 1965, English, John Hutton, June 24, Quotes by Educators

Chen Guangcheng Quote: “I can be jailed again at…”

I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up.

September 13, 2021 1971, Chen Guangcheng, Chinese, November 12, Quotes by Activists

John Taylor Gatto Quote: “For reasons that are both fair…”

For reasons that are both fair and foul – but mostly for fair reasons – we have come under the domain of a scientific-management system whose ambitions are endless. They want to manage every second of our lives, every expenditure that we make. And the schools are the training ground to create a population that’s easy to manage.

September 12, 2021 1935, American, December 15, John Taylor Gatto, Quotes by Educators

Mattie Stepanek Quote: “The way of life is not…”

The way of life is not as easy as some people think… like me.

September 2, 2021 1990, American, July 17, Mattie Stepanek, Quotes by Poets

Barbara Tuchman Quote: “Reasonable orders are easy enough to…”

Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.

August 29, 2021 1912, American, Barbara Tuchman, January 30, Quotes by Historians

Sextus Propertius Quote: “Love never offers to anyone wings…”

Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.

August 29, 2021 50 BC, Quotes by Poets, Roman, Sextus Propertius

Noam Chomsky Quote: “It is easy to dismiss the…”

It is easy to dismiss the world as ‘irrelevant,’ or consumed by ‘paranoid anti-Americanism,’ but perhaps not wise.

August 24, 2021 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Johan Huizinga Quote: “Life is made too easy. Mankind’s…”

Life is made too easy. Mankind’s moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.

August 21, 2021 1872, December 7, Dutch, Johan Huizinga, Quotes by Historians

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