#ali

It was a fairy tale, no fooling. It was unreality becoming real. This frightened her. Because people don't care for unreality becoming real. It pricks their well-fed minds, you see, with something like a hunger pang. They prefer the logical stuffiness of expectancy. It is only at certain times that they weaken, letting imagination in. That's the time to get them. (“The Disinheritors”) ↗

— Richard Matheson

#imagination #rationality #reality #unreality #imagination

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#equality #ever #further #opportunity #than

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#feel #minds #one thing #originality #the one thing

I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two million plus Muslims in Britain, the vast bulk of them make a huge contribution to our society, and they actually make it the vibrant society it is. ↗

— David Miliband

#britain #bulk #businesspeople #contribution #country

My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood, not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze. ↗

— David Miliband

#capitalism #childhood #dad #debating #football

When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life. ↗

— Jack Miller

#desire #drives #economy #education #get

What happens is that people who are very religious but who are not in touch with reality, cannot be spiritual. ↗

— Keith Miller

#happens #people #reality #religious #spiritual

By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being. ↗

— Ashley Montagu

#born #development #every #fulfillment #his

Here comes Monseiur Le Beau. Rosalind: With his mouth full of news. Celia: Which he will put on us, as pigeons feed their young. Rosalind: Then shall we be news-crammed. Celia: All the better; we shall be the more marketable. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#celia #cousins #humor #plays #rosalind

The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#reality #beauty