#ten

...I take as a point of departure the possibility and desirability of a fundamentally different form of society--call it communism, if you will--in which men and women, freed from the pressures of scarcity and from the insecurity of everyday existence under capitalism, shape their own lives. Collectively they decide who, how, when, and what shall be produced. ↗

— Michael Burawoy

#collective #communism #existence #marxism #neo-marxism

It’s funny how one summer can change everything. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#opening-lines #change

Don't change your mind just because people are offended; change your mind if you're wrong. ↗

— Criss Jami

#argument #challenge #changing #changing-your-mind #controversial

The truth is sealed. Life goes on. Till one day, history changed... Like thief in the night, aliens invade human. Chaos happens prior to the new order of coexistence. The truth is sealed. Life goes on. Till one day, history changed. ↗

— Toba Beta

#chaos #circle #coexistence #history #human

...there are just some people you cannot find the good in. But who am I to decide if someone should be killed for murdering a child...instead of for murdering a drug addict during a deal that went bad...or even if we should be killing the inmate himself? I'm not smart enough to be able to say which life is worth more than the other. I don't know if anyone is. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#change

After we passed a few more houses, the street ceased to mantain any pretense of urbanity, like a man returning to his little village who, piece by piece, strips off his Sunday best, slowly changing back into a peasant as he gets closer to his home. ↗

— Bruno Schulz

#pretense #urbanity #change

Why when people are on their deathbed, they finally come to terms with life? ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#change #coming-to-terms #deathbed #last-minute #lateness

The conversation soon turned upon fishing, and she heard Mr. Darcy invite him, with the greatest civility, to fish there as often as he chose while he continued in the neighbourhood, offering at the same time to supply him with fishing tackle, and pointing out those parts of the stream where there was usually most sport. Mrs. Gardiner, who was walking arm in arm with Elizabeth, gave her a look expressive of her wonder. Elizabeth said nothing, but it gratified her exceedingly; the compliment must be all for herself. Her astonishment, however, was extreme; and continually was she repeating, "Why is he so altered? From what can it proceed? It cannot be for me, it cannot be for my sake that his manners are thus softened. My reproofs at Hunsford could not work such a change as this. It is impossible that he should still love me. ↗

— Jane Austen

#change #civil #civility #jane-austen #love

There are so many people out there who would love for you to act in a manner that flatters and suits them the best, instead of loving you for who you really are. ↗

— POB Bismark

#change #flattery #real #unpretentious #change

Dear cat, your ears are flipped inside out, so I know you’re not listening to a word I’m not saying.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cats #communication #ears #listen #listening