In a certain way, it's the sound of the words, the inflection and the way the song is sung and the way it fits the melody and the way the syllables are on the tongue that has as much of the meaning as the actual, literal words.
The simple tableau is so rich with meaning that whether represented on the mantelpiece or in the mind, it seems suspended, complete unto itself, somewhere in eternity.
Tagliatelle comes from the word tagliare, meaning 'to cut.' Tagliolini are simply thinly cut tagliatelle.
In 'A Confession,' Tolstoy found meaning that he could hold on to, and he lived for another 30 years.
The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.
The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
I don't know the true meaning of happiness.
The true meaning of an artist/actor is opening my heart to the audience and, at the same time, opening their heart.
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.
These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to make a strident work of propaganda or advertising, which are really the same thing anyway, meaning the message is unmistakable.
The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?
I think there's a huge amount of magic on television, which is slightly vapid: there's no real meaning or message behind it; it is simply a trick.
We've been using 'rejuvenate,' meaning to restore youth, to make young again, as a verb for at least 200 years.
Putting is so difficult, so universally vexing, that the best the pros can do is tell us how to miss. 'Miss it on the pro side,' they say, meaning miss it above the hole. I can't even do that consistently. I miss it on the pro side. I miss it on the amateur side. I miss it on both sides of the clown's mouth.
The first meaning of 'cognitive' for us is that observations of others are made phenomenologically: i.e., by attempting to take the role of the other, to see things from his or her conscious viewpoint.
It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul.