Gerd de Ley quotes

“The frontiers of our dreams always converge with reality.”
-- Gerd de Ley

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“When the silent majority opens its mouth, it is usually to yawn.”
-- Gerd de Ley

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“There are three kinds of men: those who are preceded by their shadow, those who are pursued by it, and those who have never seen the sun.”
-- Gerd de Ley

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“The only way to live a long life is in a state of constant boredom.”
-- Gerd de Ley

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“A barrell full of certainties won't roll very far.”
-- Gerd de Ley

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“My biggest dream to connect people through music has come true. In a world where there are enough reasons to separate us, the Oscars have unified us.”

“I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil. I pray for such a like-minded mate, who will be ever for me like harmony to music, virtue to the soul, prosperity to the state, and forethought to the universe.”

“It's a special honor to be one of the leaders of this football team. But I said it once, I'll say it again, no one person wins a game by themselves. Individually, it's top of the mountain, my sport, my profession. It's what you dream about as a kid.”

“It's every actor's dream to work in a hit show on Broadway and also shoot a television show.”

“The environmentalist's dream is an egalitarian society based on: rejection of economic growth, a smaller population, eating lower on the food chain, consuming a lot less, and sharing a much lower level of resources much more equally.”

“Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.”

“We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.”

“There is a beautiful and life-enhancing alternative outlook that offers insight, consolation, inspiration and meaning, which has nothing to do with religion, and everything to do with the best, most generous, most sympathetic understanding of human reality.”

“For real human beings, the only realism is an embodied realism.”

Source : George Lakoff, Mark Johnson (1999). “Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought”, p.26, Basic Books

“In short, realism reveals. Where we thought nothing worthy of notice, it shows everything to be rife with significance.”