#nic

You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says. "You know," I say. "I really don't care." I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. It is the best moment of my life. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#four #tobias #tris #veronica-roth #life

With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic. I wanted to cover it up in the best cinematic way and in an entertaining manner. ↗

— Pedro Almodovar

#cinematic #clinic #cover #entertaining #film

If Tim Duncan had Knicks on his jersey, he'd be a god. ↗

— Tony Parker

#had #his #jersey #knicks #tim

We had an unspoken love for one another. Probably because she’d never talk to me or return my phone calls or texts.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#communication #converse #dialogue #funny #humor

If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain? ↗

— Tom Barrett

#farmer #our #picnic #rain #saves

Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

#case #doctrine #general #ideas #mechanical

What a nice night for an evening. ↗

— Steven Wright

#nice #night

Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#arrive #critical #cynical #either #heritage

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. ↗

— United Nations

#censorship #communication #encroachment #freedom-of-opinion #freedom-of-speech

Although the view that, once discovered, ideas can be imitated for free by anybody is pervasive, it is far from the truth. While it may occasionally be the case that an idea is acquired at no cost—ideas are generally difficult to communicate, and the resources for doing so are limited. It is rather ironic that a group of economists, who are also college professors and earn a substantial living teaching old ideas because their transmission is neither simple nor cheap, would argue otherwise in their scientific work. Most of the times imitation requires effort and, what is more important, imitation requires purchasing either some products or some teaching services from the original innovator, meaning that most spillovers are priced. ↗

— Michele Boldrin

#communication