#ect

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#country #exceptions #few #loved #men

Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#both #distressing #frequency #idols #literature

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#cannot #inevitably #innocent #know #knowledge

People would react to books by authors like James and Austen almost on a gut level. I think it was not so much the message, because the best authors do not have obvious messages. These authors were disturbing to my students because of their perspectives on life. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#austen #authors #because #best #books

There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality. ↗

— Thomas Nagel

#admitting #before #everything #objective #reality

Most of my time, energy and other resources I use to nurture my projects. ↗

— Benjamin Cohen

#i #most #my time #nurture #other

No two directors make the same film the same way. ↗

— Rob Cohen

#film #make #same #two #way

Just with the basic one guitar, one piano and one vocal and an audience, I think that the intimacy comes through more. People feel much more connected to the song because there's nothing in the way, and I actually enjoy doing that. ↗

— Graham Nash

#audience #basic #because #comes #connected

Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border. There are real issues there. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#been #border #canadian #come #country

In the end, we are part of this region, and we are affected by its developments. What we may do or not do in the future depends on the nature of what happens here in the region. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#depends #developments #end #future #happens