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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#being #changing #constantly #contingent #despised

We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#enigma #foundations #greatness #itself #negative

Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#action #america #care #challenges #congress

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#itself #know #secret

A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#fixed #half #hearts #her #hundred

Clearly you need a new team to go out to bat on your behalf; to fight for your rights and to report back to you personally and to the leadership of the IFP. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#bat #behalf #clearly #fight #go

People challenge my nerd cred all the time. I just show them the photo of me winning my middle-school science fair, wearing my Casio calculator watch and eyeglasses so big they look like they can see the future. ↗

— Aisha Tyler

#calculator #challenge #fair #future #i

At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#goes #hall #i #music #off

Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#behalf #children #corporate #facilitate #fund

Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! ↗

— Anne Tyler

#back #chicken #come #consider #cow