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~~seadancer~~
Sep 18, 2012, 1:25:05 PM9/18/12
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What is the attribution of the following quote:
"From the outside looking in you can never understand it.
From the inside looking out you can never explain it."
Also, how would you interpret the above quote?
What is its meaning?
I have an idea about it, but I'd like to confirm my thinking.
Are there any examples of when the above quote would be true?
Below is blog I found which may clarify the quote's meaning:
http://stillme-thejourney.blogspot.com/2009/06/from-outside-looking-in-you-can-never.html
---Sea
"From the outside looking in you can never understand it.
From the inside looking out you can never explain it."
Also, how would you interpret the above quote?
What is its meaning?
I have an idea about it, but I'd like to confirm my thinking.
Are there any examples of when the above quote would be true?
Below is blog I found which may clarify the quote's meaning:
http://stillme-thejourney.blogspot.com/2009/06/from-outside-looking-in-you-can-never.html
---Sea
David C Kifer
Sep 18, 2012, 2:28:52 PM9/18/12
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A different way of saying it:
The map is not the territory.
-- Alfred Korzybski, _Science and Sanity_
--
Dave
"Tam multi libri, tam breve tempus!"
(Et brevis pecunia.) [Et breve spatium.]
pyotr filipivich
Sep 18, 2012, 5:03:31 PM9/18/12
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~~seadancer~~ <seadan...@yahoo.com> on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:25:05
-0400 typed in alt.quotations the following:
"First time mothers are not really "expecting"." (Laura, some
time during her second pregnancy.)
There are a lot of things, which unless you have "been there, done
that" you don't really "get". But once you have "been there, done
that", you realize you can't explain it to someone be who has not been
there. Combat, falling in love, parent hood, changing religions, loss
of a loved one or parent, the various experiential "Events" which defy
explanation, but those of us who have, have transition to a space
which can't be explained, but only "I know what you mean." And you
either know, or you don't.
tschus
pyotr
--
pyotr filipivich
"Do not argue with the forces of nature, for you are small,
insignificant, and biodegradable."
-0400 typed in alt.quotations the following:
>What is the attribution of the following quote:
>"From the outside looking in you can never understand it.
> From the inside looking out you can never explain it."
>
>Also, how would you interpret the above quote?
"you would have had to be there."
>"From the outside looking in you can never understand it.
> From the inside looking out you can never explain it."
>
>Also, how would you interpret the above quote?
"First time mothers are not really "expecting"." (Laura, some
time during her second pregnancy.)
There are a lot of things, which unless you have "been there, done
that" you don't really "get". But once you have "been there, done
that", you realize you can't explain it to someone be who has not been
there. Combat, falling in love, parent hood, changing religions, loss
of a loved one or parent, the various experiential "Events" which defy
explanation, but those of us who have, have transition to a space
which can't be explained, but only "I know what you mean." And you
either know, or you don't.
tschus
pyotr
--
pyotr filipivich
"Do not argue with the forces of nature, for you are small,
insignificant, and biodegradable."
Kenneth S.
Sep 19, 2012, 2:00:23 PM9/19/12
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And what should they know of England who only England know?
-- Rudyard Kipling: The English Flag
~~seadancer~~
Sep 22, 2012, 10:50:18 AM9/22/12
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On 9/19/2012 2:00 PM, Kenneth S. wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:03:31 -0700, pyotr filipivich
> <ph...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:03:31 -0700, pyotr filipivich
> <ph...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> ~~seadancer~~ <seadan...@yahoo.com> Tue,18 Sep 2012 wrote:
>>> What is the attribution of the following quote:
>>> "From the outside looking in you can never understand it.
>>> From the inside looking out you can never explain it."
>>> Also, how would you interpret the above quote?
>>
>> "you would have had to be there."
>>
>> "First time mothers are not really "expecting"." (Laura, some
>> time during her second pregnancy.)
>>
>> There are a lot of things, which unless you have "been there, done
>> that" you don't really "get". But once you have "been there, done
>> that", you realize you can't explain it to someone be who has not been
>> there. Combat, falling in love, parent hood, changing religions, loss
>> of a loved one or parent, the various experiential "Events" which defy
>> explanation, but those of us who have, have transition to a space
>> which can't be explained, but only "I know what you mean." And you
>> either know, or you don't.
>> tschus
>> pyotr
>>> What is the attribution of the following quote:
>>> "From the outside looking in you can never understand it.
>>> From the inside looking out you can never explain it."
>>> Also, how would you interpret the above quote?
>>
>> "you would have had to be there."
>>
>> "First time mothers are not really "expecting"." (Laura, some
>> time during her second pregnancy.)
>>
>> There are a lot of things, which unless you have "been there, done
>> that" you don't really "get". But once you have "been there, done
>> that", you realize you can't explain it to someone be who has not been
>> there. Combat, falling in love, parent hood, changing religions, loss
>> of a loved one or parent, the various experiential "Events" which defy
>> explanation, but those of us who have, have transition to a space
>> which can't be explained, but only "I know what you mean." And you
>> either know, or you don't.
>> tschus
>> pyotr
>> pyotr filipivich
>> "Do not argue with the forces of nature, for you are small,
>> insignificant, and biodegradable."
>
> On somewhat of the same theme:
> And what should they know of England who only England know?
> -- Rudyard Kipling: The English Flag
Thank you for your replies! Good ones!
>> "Do not argue with the forces of nature, for you are small,
>> insignificant, and biodegradable."
>
> On somewhat of the same theme:
> And what should they know of England who only England know?
> -- Rudyard Kipling: The English Flag
---Sea
ObQ:
"We feel in one world; we think and name in another. Between the two we
can set up a system of references, but we can never fill the gap."
-Marcel Proust [posted by Steven K. Robison at aq 7/3/09]
---Sea
~~seadancer~~
Sep 22, 2012, 10:54:57 AM9/22/12
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On 9/18/2012 5:03 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote:
---Sea
ObQuote:
"When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with
creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures
bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity."
-Dale Carnegie
> ~~seadancer~~ <seadan...@yahoo.com> on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 wrote:
>> What is the attribution of the following quote:
>> "From the outside looking in you can never understand it.
>> From the inside looking out you can never explain it."
>> Also, how would you interpret the above quote?
>
> "you would have had to be there."
>
> "First time mothers are not really "expecting"." (Laura, some
> time during her second pregnancy.)
>
> There are a lot of things, which unless you have "been there, done
> that" you don't really "get". But once you have "been there, done
> that", you realize you can't explain it to someone be who has not been
> there. Combat, falling in love, parent hood, changing religions, loss
> of a loved one or parent, the various experiential "Events" which defy
> explanation, but those of us who have, have transition to a space
> which can't be explained, but only "I know what you mean." And you
> either know, or you don't.
> tschus
> pyotr
>> What is the attribution of the following quote:
>> "From the outside looking in you can never understand it.
>> From the inside looking out you can never explain it."
>> Also, how would you interpret the above quote?
>
> "you would have had to be there."
>
> "First time mothers are not really "expecting"." (Laura, some
> time during her second pregnancy.)
>
> There are a lot of things, which unless you have "been there, done
> that" you don't really "get". But once you have "been there, done
> that", you realize you can't explain it to someone be who has not been
> there. Combat, falling in love, parent hood, changing religions, loss
> of a loved one or parent, the various experiential "Events" which defy
> explanation, but those of us who have, have transition to a space
> which can't be explained, but only "I know what you mean." And you
> either know, or you don't.
> tschus
> pyotr
> pyotr filipivich
> "Do not argue with the forces of nature, for you are small,
> insignificant, and biodegradable."
Thank you! Nice reply.
> "Do not argue with the forces of nature, for you are small,
> insignificant, and biodegradable."
---Sea
ObQuote:
"When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with
creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures
bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity."
-Dale Carnegie
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