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Willard Van Orman Quine

"Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word."

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"Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word."

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Angie karan

"Life never ceases having a meaning for a humble person. The freedom of choice, the sovereignty that we hold over our own souls, enables a person to discover the meaning of his or her own life every day, even in suffering or death."

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Angie karan

"You can only be fulfilled in life when you achieve your purpose."

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"Meaninglessness inhibits fullness of life and is therefore equivalent to illness. Meaning makes a great many things endurable--perhaps everything.... It is not that 'God' is a myth, but that myth is the revelation of a divine life in man. It is not we who invent myth; rather, it speaks to us as a Word of God."

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Angie karan

"The thing that matters most is what matters to you, not anybody else."

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Angie karan

"If you cannot create a meaning, the things you see will always look meaningless to you!"

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"Find what is meaningful to you and stand by it. Even if you begin to wonder if there is any meaning to anything, continue to be yourself."

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"For existential mathematics, which does not exist, would probably propose this equation: the value of coincidence equals the degree of its improbability."

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Angie karan

"It's always more than just a story."

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"Without thoughtful effort and purposeful change, human life does not improve. The key to living a meaningful life is to accept reality. There is no inherent meaning to life just as there is no hidden meaning behind death. Life is limited and death is simply an ending. The only meaning to life is what each person passionately commits their life to accomplishing."

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Angie karan

"I just want to domething that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter."

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"Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word."
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