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• The longer we live, the more we are obliged to confront the deeper meaning of what it is we do.

  David Toop

  Deeper, Obliged

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• We allow words to obscure the interpretation of the deeper meaning.

  Stephen Young

  Obscure, Interpretation, Deeper

  Stephen Young (2006). “Micromessaging”, p.14, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Morality is a biological adaptation no less than are hands and feet and teeth... Considered as a rationally justifiable set of claims about an objective something, ethics is illusory. I appreciate that when somebody says, 'Love thy neighbor as thyself,' they think they are referring above and beyond themselves... Nevertheless... such reference is truly without foundation. Morality is just an aid to survival and reproduction... and any deeper meaning is illusory...

  Michael Ruse

  Thinking, Hands, Feet

  "The Darwinian Paradigm: Essays on Its History, Philosophy and Religious Implications (Evolutionary Theory and Christian Ethics)". Book by Michael Ruse, 1989.

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• a man can radically change his life and attain to a deeper meaning, a more perfect integration, a more complete fulfillment, a more total liberty of spirit than are possible in the routines of a purely active existence centered on money-making.

  Thomas Merton

  Change, Money, Men

  Thomas Merton (1999). “Mystics and Zen Masters”, p.8, Macmillan

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• Poetry, unlike music, is a meta-art, and relies upon non-physical structures for the production of its effects. In its case, the medium is syntax, grammar and logical continuity, which together form the carrier-wave of plain sense within which its deeper meanings are broadcast.

  Don Paterson

  Art, Rely Upon, Poetry

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• If by believing you mean praying to an anthropomorphic deity who created the world and half controls it and half observes it, then I am probably not a believer. But if you mean that it is not all accidental, that there is a mystery to existence, a deeper meaning, that I do believe in.

  Vaclav Havel

  Believe, Mean, Half

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• The theme of the collection this time is MONSTER. It's not about the typical Monster you find in sci-fi and video games. The expression of the Monsters I have made has a much deeper meaning. The craziness of humanity, the fear we all have, the feeling of going beyond common sense, the absence of ordinariness, expressed by something extremely big, by something that could be ugly or beautiful. In other words, I wanted to question the established standards of beauty.

  Rei Kawakubo

  Beautiful, Expression, Games

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• I think that a good song is catchy, and a great song is not catchy - but it has a deeper meaning.

  Courtney Barnett

  Song, Thinking, Catchy

  "Courtney Barnett on songwriting, self-confidence, and her record label". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.

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• The deeper meaning and gift of yoga is the path it offers us into the timeless, spaceless world of spirit.

  Deepak Chopra

  Yoga, World, Path

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• One is struck in the study of saints, angels and gods by a pattern that seems quaint and harmless. Yet, it is so common that I know there must be a deeper meaning. There always seem to be guardians and spirits of doors, bridges, exits and entranceways.

  Richard Rohr

  Angel, Doors, Bridges

  "Life on the Edge: Understanding the Prophetic Position" by Fr. Richard Rohr, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2011.

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• Some songs you get. Some songs you may not. And I think that's the beauty of art: to question and to ask, to understand the deeper meaning after two or three or four listenings.

  Janelle Monae

  Song, Art, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Horror films and genre films are interesting, because I always look for a deeper meaning or a deeper theme in the film.

  Katee Sackhoff

  Interesting, Looks, Horror

  Source: dailydead.com

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• My philosophy is that I am a friend of the children. I don't think anyone should see them as pitiable subjects or charity. That is old people's rhetoric. People often relate childish behaviour to stupidity or foolishness. This mindset needs to change. I want to level the playing field where I can learn from the children. Something I can learn from children is transparency. They are innocent, straightforward, and have no biases. I relate children to simplicity and I think that my friendship with children has a much deeper meaning than others.

  Kailash Satyarthi

  Children, Philosophy, Thinking

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• Sharing music is not a crime. It shouldn't be. There should be a deeper meaning to making music than just selling downloads.

  Dave Grohl

  Crime, Selling, Should

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• Since the age of six, I have had a passion for drawing things. Now that I am 75 years, I have finally learned something of the true quality of birds, animals, insects, fishes, and of the vital nature of grasses and trees. By the time I am 89, I shall have made more progress. By the time I am 90, I shall understand the deeper meaning of things. When I am 100, I shall be truly marvelous; and at 110 each dot and each line will possess a life of its own.

  Hokusai

  Passion, Animal, Years

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• This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical) characteristics, which have no deeper meaning.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Lessons, Characteristics, Treats

  Sydney J. Harris (1976). “Best of Sydney J. Harris”

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• Well, if I'm only a result of past causes, then I'm a victim of those past causes. There is no deeper meaning behind things that gives me a reason to be here.

  James Hillman

  Past, Giving, Causes

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.

  H. R. Giger

  Painting, Kind, Mystery

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• I wanted to make some music with deeper meaning mixed with the fun and cool stuff I've been doing for so long.

  Princess Superstar

  Fun, Long, Stuff

  Source: therumpus.net

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• We are the first atheistic and global, all-embracing civilization. You cannot tell whether you are sitting at an airport in Hong Kong or in a hotel in Alaska. Everything is instrumentalized, subjected to a short-term purpose. It is quite possible that in such a situation any sense of a deeper meaning gets lost.

  Vaclav Havel

  Civilization, Alaska, Airports

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• You are one with your skis and nature. This is something that develops not only the body but the soul as well, and it has a deeper meaning for a people than most of us perceive.

  Fridtjof Nansen

  People, Soul, Body

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• Every age requires a new approach to the Qur’an for the simple reason that the Quran is made for all ages. It is our duty to look for deeper meanings in the Quran in order to increase our knowledge and experience. The Quran wants your intellect to be always active and trying to approach the message of God. God himself dedicated this book to people who think.

  Muhammad Asad

  Book, Simple, Thinking

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• We do not deceive ourselves that we are engaging in an activity that is anything but debilitating, dangerous, euphoric, kinesthetic, expensive, frivolously essential, economically useless and totally without redeeming social significance. One should not probe for
  deeper meanings.

  Allen Steck

  Climbing, Essentials, Useless

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• Knowledge is sacred and the choice to be informed or merely entertained in today's world is a very revealing test of the times.  Expanding your mind to penetrate the deeper meanings of life is not only liberating, it is crucial to your well-being, for knowledge is power, and how you use your power inevitably determines the course of your personal and collective life.

  Barbara Marciniak

  Choices, Mind, Use

  Barbara Marciniak (2010). “Path of Empowerment: New Pleiadian Wisdom for a World in Chaos”, p.3, New World Library

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• There is nothing easy about becoming conscious. My own life was much easier before I knew about the deeper meaning of choice, the power of choice that accompanies taking responsibility. Abdicating responsibility to an outside source can seem, at least for the moment, so much easier. Once you know better, however, you can't get away with kidding yourself for long.

  Caroline Myss

  Responsibility, Long, Choices

  Caroline Myss (2013). “Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing”, p.257, Harmony

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