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• A sex symbol? A symbol of sex? I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. I'm 59, now, so I think I'm possibly past my sell-by date. I think I am.

  Liam Neeson

  Sex, Past, Thinking

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• Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Relation, Absolute Truth, Absolutes

  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2012). “Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks”, p.83, Regnery Publishing

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• One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.

  Christopher Nolan

  Understanding, Filmmaker, Imagery

  "Q&A: Christopher Nolan On Dreams, Architecture, And Ambiguity". Interview with Obert Capps, www.wired.com. November 29, 2010.

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• Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.

  David Ogilvy

  Business, Marketing, Advertising

  David Ogilvy (1963). “Confessions of an advertising man”, Holiday House

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• The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.

  Tom Peters

  Leader, Stories, Levels

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• Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.

  Harold Pinter

  Attitude, Iraq, Gdp

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• When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It's just a first impression. Then there's someone who doesn't catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren't what you would call beautiful sex symbols.

  Brad Pitt

  Beautiful, Sex, Eye

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• I have nothing against the veil. And I think that, wrongly, many in the West look at the veil as a symbol of oppression. Now, as long as a woman chooses to wear the veil, because that's her belief and because of her own - that's a personal relationship with God, so she should be free to dress in whichever way she wants.

  Queen Rania of Jordan

  Thinking, Long, Dresses

  "Queen Rania to Fareed Zakaria:" We need to build channels of communication"". Interview with Fareed Zakaria, www.queenrania.jo. September 01, 2008.

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• Religious symbols should be visible in public space, in a dignified and non-provocative manner. Christmas trees here, Jewish menorahs there and, further along, a minaret - these symbols represent human life in all its diversity.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Religious, Space, Diversity

  "Calming our fears" by Tariq Ramadan, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2007.

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• Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Practice, Citizens, Tools

  "Calming our fears" by Tariq Ramadan, www.theguardian.com. January 02, 2007.

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• Pictures, abstract symbols, materials, and colors are among the ingredients with which a designer or engineer works. To design is to discover relationships and to make arrangements and rearrangements among these ingredients.

  Paul Rand

  Color, Design, Ingredients

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• There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.

  Pat Robertson

  Doctrine, Problem, Particular

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• The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality.

  Pat Robertson

  Christian, Foundation, Morality

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• It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America’s power. It has been the symbol of our great nation, we look at that monument and we say this is one nation under God.

  Pat Robertson

  America, Washington Monument, Looks

  "Pat Robertson: Crack In Washington Monument A Sign From God, Earthquake Signals Coming Of Christ" by Paige Lavender, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2011.

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• A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.

  George Santayana

  Small Changes, Hype, Currency

  George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.110, 谷月社

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• I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.

  Steven Seagal

  Sex, Great Day, Actors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space Shuttle. And so that's where Places of Power came into being.

  John Sexton

  Photography, Technology, Space

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• I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol.

  Ed Sheeran

  Sex, Thinking, Odd

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• God bless America - what other civilization would give Patrick Dempsey another shot to rule as a sex symbol, twenty years after 'Meatballs III: Summer Job?' His reign as Dr. McDreamy on 'Grey's Anatomy' is proof that there's nothing we love more than giving Eighties celebs a heartwarming second stab at life.

  Rob Sheffield

  Summer, Jobs, Sex

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• America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols.

  Bill Shuster

  Veterans Day, War, Blue

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• I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'

  Hope Solo

  Sex, Ideas, Stills

  "Hope Solo Poses Nude for ESPN 'Body Issue'" by Rennie Dyball, people.com. October 05, 2011.

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• Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.

  Madame de Stael

  Love, Anniversary, Valentines Day

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• The world's central banks and the International Monetary Fund still have vaults full of bullion, even though currencies are no longer backed by gold. Governments hold on to it as a kind of magic symbol, a way of reassuring people that their money is real.

  James Surowiecki

  Real, Government, People

  "Why Gold?". www.newyorker.com. November 29, 2004.

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• Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove.

  Matt Taibbi

  Cynical, Political, United States

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• I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it.

  John Thune

  Believe, Blood, Liberty

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