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Maurice Merleau-Ponty Quotes: Like the weaver, the writer works on the wrong side of his material. He has only to do with the language, and it is thus that he suddenly finds himself surrounded by sense.
         

Like the weaver, the writer works on the wrong side of his material. He has only to do with the language, and it is thus that he suddenly finds himself surrounded by sense.


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We know not through our intellect but through our experience.

We know not through our intellect but through our experience.



We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven.

We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven.



We must therefore rediscover, after the natural world, the social world, not as an object or sum of objects, but as a permanent field or dimension of existence.

We must therefore rediscover, after the natural world, the social world, not as an object or sum of objects, but as a permanent field or dimension of existence.



To understand is to experience harmony between what we aim at and what is given, between the intention and the performance - and the body is our anchorage in the world.

To understand is to experience harmony between what we aim at and what is given, between the intention and the performance - and the body is our anchorage in the world.



Because we are in the world, we are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without its acquiring a name in history.

Because we are in the world, we are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without its acquiring a name in history.




Our own body is in the world as the heart is in the organism: it keeps the visible spectacle constantly alive, it breathes life into it and sustains it inwardly, and with it forms a system.

Our own body is in the world as the heart is in the organism: it keeps the visible spectacle constantly alive, it breathes life into it and sustains it inwardly, and with it forms a system.



I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine.

I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine.



The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.

The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.



The photograph keeps open the instants which the onrush of time closes up forthwith; it destroys the overtaking, the overlapping, the metamorphosis of time.

The photograph keeps open the instants which the onrush of time closes up forthwith; it destroys the overtaking, the overlapping, the metamorphosis of time.





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Creation is much in need of ordering.

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Heroes endure because we need them. Not for their own sake.

Heroes endure because we need them. Not for their own sake.



I guess I just take things as they come now, as far as that goes. I get really excited to do the project, but I don't think too much beyond that.

I guess I just take things as they come now, as far as that goes. I get really excited to do the project, but I don't think too much beyond that.



I never, for instance, have the urge to paint animals 'the way I see them,' but rather the way they are... The way they themselves look at the world and feel their being

I never, for instance, have the urge to paint animals 'the way I see them,' but rather the way they are... The way they themselves look at the world and feel their being



Prayer draws us near to our own souls.

Prayer draws us near to our own souls.



Deep down, she's a good person, Diana is," Caine said, and sighed. "Deep down, I'm not. But she is.

Deep down, she's a good person, Diana is," Caine said, and sighed. "Deep down, I'm not. But she is.



Most people offer the majority of their thought in response to what they are observing.

Most people offer the majority of their thought in response to what they are observing.



We will try to honor David Letterman achievement by doing the best show we can.And occasionally making the network very mad at us.

We will try to honor David Letterman achievement by doing the best show we can.And occasionally making the network very mad at us.



No writer or thinker has taught me as much as James Hunter has about this all-important and complex subject of how culture is changed.

No writer or thinker has taught me as much as James Hunter has about this all-important and complex subject of how culture is changed.



Happy Thursday! Greet your problems and decisions with peace and calm. Use your inner wisdom to evaluate and make smart decisions for yourself! You got this !

Happy Thursday! Greet your problems and decisions with peace and calm. Use your inner wisdom to evaluate and make smart decisions for yourself! You got this !




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