Interpretations Quotes
121 quotes by 109 authors
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Bill Maher is right to condemn religious practices that violate fundamental human rights. Religious communities must do more to counter extremist interpretations of their faith.…
— Reza Aslan
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It must be noted that it is often the colleague or direct disciple of a new thinker who gets stuck in literal interpretations of the…
— Uta Hagen
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I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.
— Oliver Stone
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Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer's paradise, a hunter's Valhalla, an escapist's Utopia. It is what…
— Beryl Markham
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While other faiths are also often oppressive, sharia law is especially oppressive. Its interpretations stipulate the execution of Muslims who commit adultery, renounce their faith…
— Peter Tatchell
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Let go of hundreds of years and relax completely. Open your hands and walk, innocent. Thousands of words, myriad interpretations, are only to free you…
— Shitou Xiqian
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All appeals to Scripture are appeals to interpretations of Scripture. The only real question is: whose interpretation? People with differing interpretations of Scripture cannot set…
— Keith Mathison
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Astrologers were greatly impressed, and misled, by what they believed to be confirming evidence-so much so that they were quite unimpressed by any unfavorable evidence.…
— Karl Popper
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I will not be a slave to my image, nor will I be a slave to anyone else's interpretations of me,
— Janelle Monae
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There is a fundamental flaw in interpretations of sharia that say a woman or man should be punished for sex outside of marriage
— Asra Nomani
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Years ago, I thought up the name Queen...It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid...It's a strong name, very universal…
— Freddie Mercury
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Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs.
— Marshall B. Rosenberg
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When we express our needs indirectly through the use of evaluations, interpretations, and images, others are likely to hear criticism. When people hear anything that…
— Marshall B. Rosenberg
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A novel is a machine for generating interpretations.
— Umberto Eco
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It's very, very difficult I think for us to have a transparent debate about secret programs approved by a secret court issuing secret court orders…
— Tom Udall
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You can think too highly of your interpretations of Scripture, but you cannot think too highly of Scriptures interpretation of itself. You can exaggerate your…
— Kevin DeYoung
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Saints and mystics throughout history have adorned their realisations with different names and given them different faces and interpretations, but what they are all fundamentally…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.
— Che Guevara
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I suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Black women. In other…
— Patricia Hill Collins
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Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there…
— Charles Ives
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