I like Ronald Reagan, who didn’t play crass politics, and he just articulated and delivered on broad themes that were needed. Free markets meant free markets. Deregulation. Lower tax rates. Strong national defense. And he was credible and believable (Dave Brat)
What you have now then is the marketing of racialized identities as tools for consumption. And certain racialized bodies and images are associated with hipness, coolness, edginess. So all kinds of youth all over the world are appropriating that style as a way of, sort of, countering authority, stating their rebelliousness, and wanting to be seen as significant
What you have now then is the marketing of racialized identities as tools for consumption. And certain racialized bodies and images are associated with hipness, coolness, edginess. So all kinds of youth all over the world are appropriating that style as a way of, sort of, countering authority, stating their rebelliousness, and wanting to be seen as significant (Amalia Mesa-Bains, Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism)
…she cried because prejudice outlives passion and because she was sentimentally patriotic
…she cried because prejudice outlives passion and because she was sentimentally patriotic (Irène Némirovsky)
I know perfectly well he’s a god, too. But what I think is he’ll be much godlier after he’s dead
I know perfectly well he’s a god, too. But what I think is he’ll be much godlier after he’s dead (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more. (William Cowper)
May you find the courage to be grateful for every circumstance
May you find the courage to be grateful for every circumstance. (Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
Though I loved the wired world, the new-wave librarians, the avatars and activists, I turned into a dinosaur in that library. I couldn’t help it; I was an old-fashioned writer who loved the ancient books summoned via pneumatic tubes, the archives, the quiet. I had found something rare there: an inexhaustible wonder
Though I loved the wired world, the new-wave librarians, the avatars and activists, I turned into a dinosaur in that library. I couldn’t help it; I was an old-fashioned writer who loved the ancient books summoned via pneumatic tubes, the archives, the quiet. I had found something rare there: an inexhaustible wonder. (Marilyn Johnson, This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All)
Speculators always present opportunities for genuine investors to — pick under-priced stocks, and- exit over-priced – A K asnani
Speculators always present opportunities for genuine investors to — pick under-priced stocks, and- exit over-priced – A K asnani
According to the Buddha’s doctrine that they believed in, it was not the caste that defined a person high or low. It was one’s deeds that mattered
According to the Buddha’s doctrine that they believed in, it was not the caste that defined a person high or low. It was one’s deeds that mattered (Swarnakanthi Rajapakse, The Master’s Daughter)
So what are you doing around here?” I ask, feeling all jittery, but this time it’s in a good way.”Oh, I was just in the area.” he says vaguely. “I thought I’d take Welly for a walk…” He trails off and stuffs his hands in his pockets. Those butterflies are going crazy in there
So what are you doing around here?” I ask, feeling all jittery, but this time it’s in a good way.”Oh, I was just in the area.” he says vaguely. “I thought I’d take Welly for a walk…” He trails off and stuffs his hands in his pockets. Those butterflies are going crazy in there (Alexandra Potter, Who’s That Girl?)