#sm

In scientific subjects, the natural remedy for dogmatism has been found in research. ↗

— Ronald Fisher

#dogmatism #found #natural #remedy #research

Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed. ↗

— John Fiske

#constructed #conventions #discursive #empirical #fidelity

Life seemed to him to be a narrow cage, and her iron bars were many and dense, and there was only one way out. ↗

— Leonid Andreyev

#death #despair #life #death

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

Terrorists have already attacked our Nation once. There is every reason to believe that they will try again - possibly with a weapon of mass destruction; a weapon that could be smuggled into our ports. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#already #attacked #believe #could #destruction

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#been #bush #democratic #fought #honourable

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#believe #between #deserves #distinction #fuzzy

What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

#borrow #building #down #great #led

We're actors — we're the opposite of people! ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#archetypes #humanity #humor #people #symbolism

I do wish my breasts were bigger. Not big... but less small. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#bigger #breasts #i #i do #less