#resent

All that was once directly lived has become mere representation. ↗

— Guy Debord

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I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#behind #believe #culture #exist #i

It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#i #i do #ideal #ideal world #into

We later moved to Rome, where I am presently living. ↗

— Grazia Deledda

#i #i am #later #living #moved

When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff. ↗

— Joan Blades

#connection #deliver #experience #go #his way

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will. ↗

— Joan Blades

#active #become #candidates #communicate #representatives

The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process will raise questions. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

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Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority, the caste system in India and the people thinking that western things are better. ↗

— Anita Desai

#better #caste #characters #exist #india

Time travel may be achieved one day, or it may not. But if it is, it should not require any fundamental change in world-view, at least for those who broadly share the world view I am presenting in this book. ↗

— David Deutsch

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It's important for that to exist in a society that doesn't present you with any genuine problems. ↗

— Tom Jenkinson

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