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Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. - Paul Goodman Quotes

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.

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When a village ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressive in its narrow conformity. So one becomes an individual and migrates to the city. There, finding others like-minded, one re-establishes a village community. Nowadays only New Yorkers are yokels. - Paul Goodman Quotes

When a village ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressive in its narrow conformity. So one becomes an individual and migrates to the city. There, finding others like-minded, one re-establishes a village community. Nowadays only New Yorkers are yokels.

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal, an electorate notoriously unenlightened, misled by a mass media notoriously phony - Paul Goodman Quotes

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal, an electorate notoriously unenlightened, misled by a mass media notoriously phony

To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the process of artistically thinking through and molding the sentences; they cannot be reconstituted by piecemeal imitation. The problem of translation is to retreat to a simpler tenor of one's own style and creatively adjust this to one's author. - Paul Goodman Quotes

To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the process of artistically thinking through and molding the sentences; they cannot be reconstituted by piecemeal imitation. The problem of translation is to retreat to a simpler tenor of one's own style and creatively adjust this to one's author.

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It's time for clarity - not more spin from Mr Blair. - Paul Goodman Quotes

It's time for clarity - not more spin from Mr Blair.

It takes application, a fine sense of value, and a powerful community-spirit for a people to have serious leisure, and this has not been the genius of the Americans - Paul Goodman Quotes

It takes application, a fine sense of value, and a powerful community-spirit for a people to have serious leisure, and this has not been the genius of the Americans

Patience is drawing on underlying forces, it is powerfully positive, though to a natural view it looks like just sitting it out. How would I persist against positive eroding forces if I were not drawing on invisible forces? And patience has a positive tonic effect on others; because of the presence of the patient person, they revive and go on, as if he were the gyroscope of the ship providing a stable ground. But the patient person himself does not enjoy it. - Paul Goodman Quotes

Patience is drawing on underlying forces, it is powerfully positive, though to a natural view it looks like just sitting it out. How would I persist against positive eroding forces if I were not drawing on invisible forces? And patience has a positive tonic effect on others; because of the presence of the patient person, they revive and go on, as if he were the gyroscope of the ship providing a stable ground. But the patient person himself does not enjoy it.

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I am often involved in individual housing cases when constituents ask for my help. This chance to visit officers and discuss key challenges has been very helpful in understanding more about what is involved for my constituents. - Paul Goodman Quotes

I am often involved in individual housing cases when constituents ask for my help. This chance to visit officers and discuss key challenges has been very helpful in understanding more about what is involved for my constituents.

You'll have to rent a shop, open a retail display area, buy the refrigerators and equipment and subscribe to a wire service, - Paul Goodman Quotes

You'll have to rent a shop, open a retail display area, buy the refrigerators and equipment and subscribe to a wire service,

What we're saying to people is 'Look, we'll wipe that (Internet access) cost out for you, but make your other calls through our service and we'll give you discounts (of 30 percent compared with standard British Telecom rates), - Paul Goodman Quotes

What we're saying to people is 'Look, we'll wipe that (Internet access) cost out for you, but make your other calls through our service and we'll give you discounts (of 30 percent compared with standard British Telecom rates),

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