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Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#come #patriotism #some #surpass #tribal

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#clubs #country #does #live #rule

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#heart #i #inside #like #me

That's really the challenge of this century, to develop spokespeople. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#challenge #develop #really #spokespeople

Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#been #experience #frequently #i #misrepresented

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half or so is legitimacy. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#fancy #half #in the past #legitimacy #past

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#attention #convert #converts #desire #economic

Will these millions of children, for generations upon future generations, know that some of their atoms cycled through this woman? [...] Will they feel what she felt in her life, will their memories have flickering strokes of her memories, will they recall that moment long ago when she stood by the window, guilt ridden and confused, and watched as the tadr bird circled the cistern? No, it is not possible. [...] But I will let them have their own brief glimpse of the Void, just at that moment they pass from living to dead, from animate to inanimate, from consciousness to that which has no consciousness. For a moment, they will understand infinity. ↗

— Alan Lightman

#death #religion #science-fiction #death

Yes, and there were changes of light on landscapes and changes of direction of the wind and the force of the wind and weather. That whole scene is too important in Homer to neglect. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#direction #force #homer #important #landscapes

As the father of six children, I know very well the challenges technology poses to our families. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#children #families #father #i #know