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• Perfection is a theory. You cannot be a perfect human being, perfect artist. You cannot be a perfect husband, you cannot be a perfect father probably and probably I am not. But go through your daily routine with hope you will be a little better in all respects, and do something meaningful

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Husband, Father, Artist

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• For as long as I can remember, I have been inspired by the achievement of our founding fathers. They set forth principles that have endured for than more two centuries. Those principles are as meaningful and relevant in each generation as the generation before. It would be a profound privilege for me to play a role in applying those principles to the questions and controversies we face today.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Father, Play, Two

  Sonia sotomayor's speech after being nominated by Barack Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court, content.time.com. May 26, 2009.

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• Without restoring an ethos of social responsibility, there can be no meaningful and sustained economic recovery.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Recovery, Responsibility, Ethos

  Jeffrey Sachs (2011). “The Price of Civilization: Economics and Ethics After the Fall”, p.3, Random House

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• Do it! People who succeed don't just sit and think about what they want to do. They take meaningful, purposeful, directional action consistently and persistently. Every step they take puts them toward the outcome they're looking for.

  Phil McGraw

  Thinking, People, Focus

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• Achieving meaningful goals requires that you commit your entire ass, not just one cheek.

  Steve Pavlina

  Goal, Thought Provoking, Ass

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• Live is meaningful only if you gave it a meaning.

  T. Harv Eker

  Meaning Of Life, Ifs

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• We're on the brink of a world in which the wealthiest nations, from Canada to Norway to Japan, can barely project meaningful force to their own borders while the nickel 'n' dime basket-cases go nuclear.

  Mark Steyn

  Japan, Political, Borders

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• Buddha introduced the idea that young people should become sannyasins. Then it is something significant. When a young person goes beyond sex, when a young person goes beyond desires, when a young person goes beyond greed, ambition, the longing to be powerful, the ambition to be famous, then it is something tremendously meaningful, significant.

  Rajneesh

  Sex, Powerful, Ambition

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• Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  "Theaetetus" by Plato,

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• The novel form is about the protagonist's struggle to transform his arbitrary, fragmented, given experience into a narrative as meaningful as his favorite books.

  Elif Batuman

  Struggle, Book, Reading

  Elif Batuman (2011). “The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them”, p.84, Granta Books

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• Find a happy person, and you will find a project.

  Sonja Lyubomirsky

  Projects, Happy Person, Persons

  "One Guaranteed Way To Boost Your Happiness", www.huffingtonpost.com. July 27, 2013.

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• Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected, they can avoid deep contact in time-consuming and meaningful ways... You're flitting from one place to another. You're more likely to pursue superficial engagements rather than deep pursuits. It contributes to this certain MTV approach to life where you engage in something for a few minutes and then there's a commercial... You have to get a grip on reality. Unless you know what is real-what is a real friendship and relationship-neither can have an effect on you.

  Joel Garreau

  Running, Real, Mtv

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• There are three levels of happiness: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life.

  Joel Garreau

  Good Life, Three, Levels

  Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.260, Broadway Books

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• Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Writing

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• Emailing a meaningful photograph to someone who is not expecting it can change a relationship forever.

  Nick Kelsh

  Photography, Forever, Expecting

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• We can only truly be civilised people when we have regular and meaningful contact with the wild world

  Simon Barnes

  Nature, People, Wild World

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• If there is one thing the psychic taught me, it's that people and events are rarely who and what we think they are. They are more meaningful, more worth our attention-part of some finely choreographed, eternal dance that we would be wise to bow down before in gratitude and humility

  Leslie Morgan Steiner

  Wise, Gratitude, Grateful

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• I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something from that.

  Adam Rich

  Writing, People, Wanted

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• Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced rightly, it can drive us like a nail deep into the love of God and into more stability and spiritual power than you can imagine.

  Timothy Keller

  Karma, God, Spiritual

  Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.29, Penguin

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• The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection, and community. That's what there's too little of in today's mediascape, despite all the hoopla surrounding social tools. The promise of the Internet wasn't merely to inflate relationships, without adding depth, resonance, and meaning. It was to fundamentally rewire people, communities, civil society, business, and the state — through thicker, stronger, more meaningful relationships. That's where the future of media lies.

  Umair Haque

  Lying, Real, Media

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• The Board of Inquiry report fails to recognize that the central problem in the Los Angeles Police Department is the culture. The reality is there will not be meaningful reform in the Los Angeles Police Department until the culture is changed.

  Erwin Chemerinsky

  Reality, Police, Reform

  "Report faults LAPD culture for corruption", www.cnn.com. September 11, 2000.

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• It's about love and loss, it struck me as a meaningful and compelling story, and the shifts in reality offered up strong visual possibilities.

  Michael Almereyda

  Strong, Loss, Reality

  "Production Report: 'Anomaly,' 'I Believe in America,' 'In A Dark Place…,' 'Jam,' 'Tonight at Noon'" by Jason Guerrasio, www.indiewire.com. October 4, 2005.

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• We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We can't expect instant results. We have to slow down a bit, and take the time to contemplate, meditate, and even pray. It is the only route to a more meaningful and efficient existence.

  M. Scott Peck

  Thinking, Praying, Contemplation

  M. Scott Peck (2011). “The Road Less Travelled And Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety”, p.56, Random House

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• The worst enslaving trait of all is greed. I rail against the substitution of money for worth. The idea that the endless accumulation of dead money can furnish a meaningful life to sold-out souls is the supreme lie offered by the system of free enterprise.

  Gerry Spence

  Money, Lying, Ideas

  Gerry Spence (2002). “Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life”, p.111, Macmillan

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• Design is the conscious effort to impose a meaningful order

  Victor Papanek

  Order, Design, Effort

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