#lit

And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#became #cannot #clear #conditions #deeply

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#control #define #even #law #mass

That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#conference #connects #consensus #continue #cosmopolitan

I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#gracefully #i #into #like #manipulate

What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#hides #i #idea #itself #reality

I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors. ↗

— Samantha Bee

#does #i #i think #newsmakers #politicians

I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything like that. I more have a gentle shyness. Like, I have a little trouble mingling at parties. ↗

— Samantha Bee

#anything #disorder #gentle #i #like

Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#humility #innate #virtue

When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#becomes #hospitality #loses #soul #very

Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win. ↗

— Paul Begala

#guy #how #like #me #meet