#iri

Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed. ↗

— John Fiske

#constructed #conventions #discursive #empirical #fidelity

The persecuting spirit has its origin... in the assumption that one's own opinions are infallibly correct. ↗

— John Fiske

#correct #infallibly #opinions #origin #own

Everything that seemingly happens externally is occurring in order to trigger something within us, to expand us and take us back to who we truly are. ↗

— Anita Moorjani

#death

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

#change #city #dramatic #dramatic change #enough

I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody. ↗

— Martha Stewart

#even #ever #fired #firing #i

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#american people #freedom #get #government #our

Be still and cool in thine own mind and spirit. ↗

— George Fox

#mind #own #spirit #still #thine

I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish. ↗

— James Franco

#different #i #irish #italian #mcdonald

I do feel we can create more jobs and opportunities for Jersey City residents, but in the spirit of free enterprise, I do not think it is right to force companies to hire a fixed percentage of local residents. ↗

— Vincent Frank

#companies #create #enterprise #feel #fixed

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#among #any #circumstances #conversations #easy