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The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.


Thomas Paine


#political-philosophy #political

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.


Baltasar Gracian


#his #satisfied #thirst #turns #well

If the worker and his boss enjoy the same television program and visit the same resort places, if the typist is as attractively made up as the daughter of her employer, if the Negro owns a Cadillac, if they all read the same newspaper, then this assimilation indicates not the disappearance of classes, but the extent to which the needs and satisfactions that serve the preservation of the Establishment are shared by the underlying population.


Herbert Marcuse


#philosophy #political-science #social-science #science

my mother was taught the ch'an concept of happiness, which was to find satisfaction in small things. i was taught to appreciate the fresh air in the morning, the colour of leaves turning red in autumn and the water's smoothness when i soaked my hands in the basin.


Anchee Min


#satisfaction

Wisest is she who knows she does not know.


Jostein Gaarder


#self-knowledge #knowledge

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.


Calvin Coolidge


#inspirational #perseverance #persistence #work-ethic #education

In America sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it is a fact.


Marlene Dietrich


#morality #obsession #prudishness #puritanism #sexuality

For women especially, virginity has become the easy answer- the morality quick fix. You can be vapid, stupid, and unethical, but so long as you've never had sex, you're a "good" (i.e. "moral) girl and therefore worthy of praise.


Jessica Valenti


#feminism #purity-myth #virginity #america

We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It's almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.


Dave Eggers


#ambition #historical

Stuart needs "space" and "time," as if this were physics and not a human relationship.


Kathryn Stockett


#heartbreak #relationship #space #heartbreak






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