Interpretation Quotes - Page 27

• Possessing a correct interpretation of each individual doctrine is not sufficient; we must also learn to hold each doctrine in harmony with the others.

  Paul Washer

  Doctrine, Harmony, Individual

  Source: www.challies.com

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• A literal interpretation of the Gita lands one in a sea of contradictions.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Sea, Land, Gita

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Buddha never rejected Hinduism, but he broadened its base. He gave it a new life and a new interpretation.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  New Life, Hinduism, Rejected

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Prayer, Essentials, Scripture

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Religion of our conception, thus imperfect, is always subject to a process of evolution and re-interpretation.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Religion, Evolution, Imperfect

  Mahatma Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Civilization, Politics and Religion”, Clarendon Press

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• If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, 'O yes, I am a Christian.'

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Christian, Faces, Should

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.187, Courier Corporation

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• People don't hijack planes anymore because that old system of hijacking in order to barter for a prison release or get to a different country no longer works, exactly, because 9/11 recoded the hostage's interpretation of a hijack. If a hijacker isn't trying to use the plane as a missile, then he is in danger of being killed by the hostages. There is no minor terror threat anymore. No mid-level terrorism.

  Heidi Julavits

  Country, Order, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The body is a field of ideas and it is a field of interpretations and when you change your experience of your own identity to a spiritual being, the body expresses the physical manifestation of that spiritual reality.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Reality, Ideas

  Source: www.peopleandpossibilities.com

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• Whatever happens, whatever you experience, feel, think, do - it's always now. It's all there is. And if you continuously miss the now - resist it, dislike it, try to get away from it, reduce it to a means to an end, then you miss the essence of your life, and you are stuck in a dream world of images, concepts, labels, interpretations, judgments - the conditioned content of your mind that you take to be yourself.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Dream, Being Yourself, Mean

  Source: www.qiwithoutborders.org

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• Literature is always something - it is either story or poetry, ideally both. That is, you always know what it is and even if the interpretation is not available, the experience of language is.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Stories, Literature, Language

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• Words also are filters. They have to be translated. Even in the original language, there is interpretation and some ambiguity. If there's a cultural difference between the writer and the reader, that might come out in words. But with pictures, there's more efficiency.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Differences, Filters, Might

  Interview with Joshuah Bearman, believermag.com. August 1, 2006.

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• The dogmatic and, therefore, invulnerable core in Islam is understandably simple: acknowledgement of faith, prayer, charity and fasting. Almost everything else is open to interpretation and modification in space and time.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Prayer, Simple, Space

  "'They Live in a Bleak, Devastated Universe'". Spiegel Interview, www.spiegel.de. November 14, 2005.

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• For me, the canvas is an abstract interpretation of a wall. It's a piece of art with its own history, one that alludes to the passage of time and to the theater of life.

  Jose Parla

  Art, Wall, Pieces

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Hugh Lynn Cayce, Edgar Cayce's son, is quoted as saying, The best interpretation of a dream is one you apply.

  Henry Reed

  Dream, Son

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• A Muslim is a person who follows Allah's laws without question. Sharia is our law. No interpretation is needed, nor are laws made by men. Allah is the only lawmaker.

  Abdul Sattar Abu Risha

  Men, Law, Made

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I've written a book entitled 'Islam: the Challenges of Democracy,' because it is a challenge. It requires careful interpretation of the Islamic tradition and Islamic theology, and there's a lot in there that would support democratic ideals.

  Khaled Abou El Fadl

  Book, Islamic, Democratic Ideals

  "The Great Theft". Interview with Melanie Colburn, www.motherjones.com. November 18, 2005.

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• Anything produced and then exhibited for public view is open to interpretation.

  Wesley Morris

  Views

  "Wesley Morris, boston globe film critic: 'they hate people who have opinions that run contrary to their fanaticism'". Interview with Naoki O'Bryan, jameson-zimmer.squarespace.com. April 15, 2013.

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• A movie is just like a work of art or a book or a piece of music. The intent of its maker is one thing, but its interpretation by an audience is something else. I don't stop at what the filmmaker wanted to do.

  Wesley Morris

  Art, Book, Pieces

  "Wesley Morris, boston globe film critic: 'they hate people who have opinions that run contrary to their fanaticism'". Interview with Naoki O'Bryan, jameson-zimmer.squarespace.com. April 15, 2013.

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• Artists are like messengers. A song is authored by you, but its interpretation is owned by other people. And you have no control over that.

  Pharrell Williams

  Song, Artist, People

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I have a very connected history with Bilal. I heard his demo years ago. I heard all of the magic instantly. He's a master at interpretation of song.

  Q-Tip

  Song, Years, Magic

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• The facts are really not at all like fish on the fishmonger's slab. They are like fish swimming about in a vast and sometimes inaccessible ocean; and what the historian catches will depend, partly on chance, but mainly on what part of the ocean he chooses to fish in and what tackle he chooses to use - these two factors being, of course, determined by the kind of fish he wants to catch. By and large, the historian will get the kind of facts he wants. History means interpretation.

  Edward Hallett Carr

  Ocean, Mean, Swimming

  Edward Hallett Carr (1965). “What is History?”

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• The ambiguity of poetic language answers to the ambiguity of human life as a whole, and therein lies its unique value. All interpretations of poetic language only interpret what the poetry has already interpreted.

  Hans-Georg Gadamer

  Lying, Unique, Answers

  Hans-Georg Gadamer, Robert Bernasconi (1986). “The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays”, p.71, Cambridge University Press

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• My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function.

  Thomas Steinbeck

  Father, Social, Function

  "John Steinbeck, Michael Moore, and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism" by Thomas Steinbeck, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2010.

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• I'd say 80% of my activity is engaged in the interpretation of social mood.

  Hugh Hendry

  Mood, Social, Activity

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• Interpretations of Muslim assimilation have gravitated between two arguments: that Muslims will remain as permanent outsiders or that Muslims will blend in with little difficulty at all. Mucahit Bilici demonstrates how wanting these arguments are. Finding Mecca in America takes us into the uncharted territory of what it is actually like to be Muslim immigrants in the United States. I am especially impressed by the study's theoretical depth and empirical insights.

  Robert Wuthnow

  Two, America, Depth

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