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The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#complete #flop #half #second #twentieth

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#gun #justice #knife #long #man

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#children #only #parents #serious #their

Androgyny is not trying to manage the relationship between the opposites; it is simply flowing between them. ↗

— June Singer

#between #flowing #manage #opposites #relationship

Is it sufficient that you have learned to drive the car, or shall we look and see what is under the hood? Most people go through life without ever knowing. ↗

— June Singer

#drive #ever #go #hood #knowing

I never wanted to be a film director but after this experience I really loved it. I would love to do more documentaries but it's difficult to find backing for them. ↗

— Marc Singer

#backing #difficult #director #documentaries #experience

Ancient recipients of instant news probably couldn't do very much about it, for instance. Xerxes would still need three months to get his army together, and he might not get home for years. ↗

— Peter Singer

#ancient #army #get #his #home

At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places. ↗

— Peter Singer

#cultures #descriptive #develop #different #different cultures

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul. ↗

— Matthew Kelly

#rediscover-catholicism #catholicism

I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun. ↗

— Peter Singer

#bother #find #go #i #improve