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Meaning Quotes by George Orwell
- In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking…
- By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader…
- It reminded us that propaganda in some form or other lurks in every book, that every work of art has a meaning and a purpose…
- The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable.'
- It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim…
- The mistake you make, don't you see,is in thinking one can live in a corrupt society without being corrupt oneself. After all, what do you…
- In all the modern talk about energy, efficiency, social service and the rest of it, what meaning is there except "Get money, get it legally,…
More Meaning Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time. — Margaret Atwood
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already… — Saint Augustine
- Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man… — Sai Baba
- The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. — Richard Bach
- Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to… — Robert Baden-Powell
- It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have… — Ansel Adams
- When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally… — Ansel Adams
- I've never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some… — Toni Cade Bambara
- Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow. — Dennis Banks