#pol

Whatever the reason we first mustered the _Apollo_ program, however mired it was in Cold War nationalism and the instruments of death, the inescapable recognition of the unity and fragility of the Earth is its clear and luminous dividend, the unexpected final gift of _Apollo_. What began in deadly competition has helped us to see that global cooperation is the essential precondition for our survival. Travel is broadening. It's time to hit the road again. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#earth #exploration #space-travel #death

The Americans provide still more advanced military assets and equipment; the Europeans are lagging behind. And eventually it will be difficult to co-operate even if you had the political will to co-operate because of the technological gap. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#assets #because #behind #co-operate #difficult

Hey, I am thinking of it myself, in this part of world (East), we all do endeavors in praying and are sweating (white liquid) and this is our situation, frustrated , but on the other part of world (West) ,they are enjoying in party and drinking liquor (white liquid) but their situation is that, successful, I do not know that the problem relates to the type of liquid or the way of drinking!! ↗

— Ali Shariati

#faith #funny #humor #life #love

Say as little as possible, hope some of the undecideds like your teeth better than the other guy’s—that’s usually the way this business works. ↗

— Matt Taibbi

#politics #business

[Internationa] Aid is just another praetorian business enterprise. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#colonialism #enterprise #foreign-aid #international-politics #international-relations

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. ↗

— Mark Twain

#change

I reserve the right to love many different people at once, and to change my prince often. ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#love #polyamory #change

June 17, 1972. Nine o'clock Saturday morning. Early for the telephone. Woodward fumbled for the receiver and snapped awake. The city editor of the Washington Post was on the line. Five men had been arrested earlier that morning in a burglary attempt at Democratic headquarters, carrying photographic equipment and electronic gear. Could he come in? ↗

— Carl Bernstein

#politics #united-states #men

The first duty of a man is to think for himself ↗

— José Martí

#democracy #freedom #history #hope #individualism

Children’s literature must build a bridge between the colorful dream world full of fantasy and illusion, and a tougher real world full of twists and turns. The child armed with the torch of knowledge, awareness and guidance must cross this bridge and set foot to the intense harshness of the bigger world.” An In-Depth Analysis of Educational Deadlock ↗

— Samad Beh-Rang

#inspirational #pedagogic #socio-political #dreams