#symbol

Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

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It was Jung who first said to explain the symbol as if talking to a man from mars who knew nothing about our life on earth. ↗

— Henry Reed

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The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#failure #guns #human #rockets #symbols

If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

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While it is important to maintain a balanced approach to solving our nation's energy problems, we must commit ourselves to recognize some areas as 'off limits,' and the Artic National Wildlife Reserve is a national symbol of that commitment. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#areas #balanced #commit #commitment #energy

The 'movement' is paramount, the concept of 'family' is the symbol we wish to project. ↗

— Juan Antonio Samaranch

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A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one of the most potent symbols of the freedom of the human spirit that the world has yet known. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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The soul... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God. ↗

— Anya Seton

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Today's terrorists are pursuing a distinct route. They are increasingly attacking civilians in symbolic targets, such as those of economic importance, or venues of bustling life like public transportation or entertainment, like nightclubs. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

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I believe in status symbols. ↗

— Brooks Stevens

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