#ex

Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#course #existential #i #life #like

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. ↗

— Tacitus

#angry #any #anyone #apt #cause

Custom adapts itself to expediency. ↗

— Tacitus

#custom #expediency #itself

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir. ↗

— Tacitus

#hate #heir #next #power #supreme

Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination. ↗

— Bob Taft

#combination #connections #economy #explosive #global

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#education #existence #give #harmony #highest

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it. ↗

— George Takei

#convention #extent #flattering #i #phenomenon

This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there. ↗

— George Takei

#exploit #manipulate #participating #participatory #people

I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

#expression #freedom #i #penalized #place

Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

#american people #embarrassed #express #gratitude #immense