#confusion

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

— Willard Van Orman Quine

#object #original #original sin #sign #sin

Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America. ↗

— Ernest Istook

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The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion. ↗

— Molly Ivins

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Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds. ↗

— George Santayana

#chaos #confusion #minds #name #order

Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant. ↗

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

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There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion. ↗

— Tom Selleck

#burt #burt reynolds #confusion #could #did

When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#came #coming #confusion #express #i

To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#confusion #love

To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#confusion #permission #self-acceptance #love