#pet

The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an officer class. That is why every newly minted constable, regardless of their educational background, has to spend a two-year probationary period as an ordinary plod on the streets. This is because nothing builds character like being abused, spat at and vomited by members of the public. ↗

— Ben Aaronovitch

#education

Since most parents are reluctant to talk about sex, schools have tried to fill the gap. In America, when we decide to ignore a subject, our favorite form of denial is to teach it incompetently. Familiarity without true understanding is not only the basis of our families but of our educational system as well. ↗

— Bob Smith

#incompetence #sex-education #education

Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#confidence #marketing #professionalism #education

[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the primitive rules of competition which run our society, and the welfare state just keeps them alive. That's all. ↗

— Michael Palin

#competition #democracy #equality #poor #poverty

Do real boys actually call girls baby? I don't have enough experience to know. I do know that if a guy ever called me baby, I'd probably laugh in his face. Or choke him. ↗

— Katja Millay

#boys #pet-names #experience

He growled a sigh and her insides got all warm and gooey. She really needed to date nice men who didn't growl. -Lily Travis ↗

— Lauren Dane

#petal-georgia #dating

There is no proof great enough to prevent doubt. Ir you base your belief on proof, sooner or later you will sink! ↗

— Michael Card

#faith #inspirational #peter #proof #faith

For otherwise he would have lost faith in his power to fly, and the moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#peter-pan #faith

Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail. ↗

— Robert Shea

#behave #certain #competition #design #especially

How shall I ever learn who I am when there is so much of me that belongs to someone else? ↗

— Madeline Claire Franklin

#family #introspection #life #self-awareness #the-poppet-and-the-lune