#interpret

I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is sorta in the eye of the beholder. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#any #behavior #beholder #enlightenment #eye

The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#differentiated #directly #family #functions #highly

It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact - hence changing general statements about it - and, not least, a changing a structure of the theoretical system. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#body #changing #combined #empirical #empirical fact

I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But my intent is to become my own voice, to be able to interpret these songs in my own way. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#become #billie #billie holiday #extraordinary #holiday

I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a scene and which character's point of view is driving it at any given moment? ↗

— Liz Phair

#challenge #character #driving #emotion #feeling

The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#deliberately #interpreted #our #strengthening #times

If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

#equal #interpretations #more #text #than

It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

#agreement #always #arbitrate #argue #between

Testimony demands to be interpreted because of the dialectic of meaning and event that traverses it. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

#demands #dialectic #event #interpreted #meaning

Testimony gives something to be interpreted. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

#interpreted #something #testimony