In a certain way, it's the sound of the words, the inflection and the way the song is sung and the way it fits the melody and the way the syllables are on the tongue that has as much of the meaning as the actual, literal words.
David Byrne
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Most of us think that we are 'better than average' in most things. We are also 'miscalibrated,' meaning that our sense of the probability of events doesn't line up with reality. When we say we are sure about a certain fact, for example, we may well be right only half the time.
Richard Thaler
TimeThinkRealityBetterMeaning
Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.
Vaclav Havel
LifeWorkHopeWorldMeaningYou
Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.
Joy Harjo
TogetherSunMeaningEarthSacred
It is clear that every immediate object of our senses both exists and is real in the primary meaning of these terms so long as we remain aware of the object.
Charles D. Broad
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I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.
Jim Morrison
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Why should Iran have a deterrent strategy? Well, it's surrounded by hostile enemies. Both of its borders have been under occupation by a hostile superpower, the United States, which is constantly violating the U.N. charter by leaving open what they call the saying, 'all options are open' - meaning the threat of war.
Noam Chomsky
WarSayingStrategyMeaningLeaving
Cultures, along with the religions that shape and nurture them, are value systems, sets of traditions and habits clustered around one or several languages, producing meaning: for the self, for the here and now, for the community, for life.
Tariq Ramadan
LifeCommunityValueSelfMeaning
The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.
Javier Bardem
PeopleAwardMeaningImportantBring
Meaning, however, is no great matter.
Charles Stuart Calverley
GreatMeaningMatterHowever
The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.
Joan Baez
SongMeaningWriteProtestHardest
Through sharing my pain, I can possibly heal your pain. There is no other feeling like it. Money doesn't compare. This is the true meaning of art.
Richard Cabral
ArtMoneyPainMeaningI CanTrue
Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didn't: It was basically a semantics game.
Talulah Riley
GameMeaningPhilosophyYouAnswers
The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?
Don DeLillo
LifeValueEndMeaningMeasureHow
I don't want to put meaning on what I do because I don't know what it is.
Bo Burnham
MeaningKnowWantBecausePut
To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.
Joel Edgerton
MeForwardThinkDoingMeaningKind
I think that historical processes have meaning and that we have to accept this - or else face utter despair.
Rene Girard
FaceThinkMeaningAcceptDespair
Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height of magnificence. This is the meaning of their hanging-gardens, villas, garden-houses, islands, parks, and preserves.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
NatureWorldReachMeaningHeight
Happiness means nothing to me. I just want to have meaning and purpose.
Jon Krakauer
HappinessPurposeMeMeaningWant
Location-based services are here to stay, as it focuses on high relevance and contextual offering to the end user. This means a user sees what he needs with immediate sense and meaning to him.
Bhavish Aggarwal
EndMeaningHimHighStayHere
I think 'Rheingold' has symbolic meaning of what happens in the world when you're running after the Rhine gold, after the gold. It doesn't end very well. It's kind of a reminder of the values of life, and I think 'The Ring,' in a way, is kind of a prediction of Wagner of what would happen in the world.
Andris Nelsons
LifeGoldWorldThinkEndMeaning
Humanity is about to face perhaps its greatest challenge ever, which is finding meaning in life after the end of 'In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.'
Moshe Vardi
LifeChallengeFaceEndMeaningEat
When people compliment me, I don't put much meaning into them, but when they say bad things, I take them too seriously. I try to fix this mentality, but it's hard.
Park Bo-young
PeopleMeMeaningBadSaySeriously
Tarots tell different sides of the various personalities that exist in all of us. I find it fascinating how they combine names, images, and numbers. You don't need to be able to read them, or know their real meaning, to be charmed.
Domenico Dolce
MeaningYouFindNumbersKnowNeed
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