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A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#full #how #life #me #means

The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#character #entertainment #highest #human

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#children #only #parents #serious #their

Androgyny is not trying to manage the relationship between the opposites; it is simply flowing between them. ↗

— June Singer

#between #flowing #manage #opposites #relationship

I never wanted to be a film director but after this experience I really loved it. I would love to do more documentaries but it's difficult to find backing for them. ↗

— Marc Singer

#backing #difficult #director #documentaries #experience

Ancient recipients of instant news probably couldn't do very much about it, for instance. Xerxes would still need three months to get his army together, and he might not get home for years. ↗

— Peter Singer

#ancient #army #get #his #home

I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun. ↗

— Peter Singer

#bother #find #go #i #improve

I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather to reflect on it, and be more open about the fact that something is an ethical issues and think what we ought to do about it. ↗

— Peter Singer

#ethical #ethics #explicitly #fact #given

I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy. ↗

— Peter Singer

#anywhere #calling #democracy #dominated #elections

Animals, or at least those who are conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives, are not things for us to use in whatever way we find convenient. ↗

— Peter Singer

#conscious #convenient #enjoying #find #least