#ties

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better. ↗

— Carl Jung

#been #better #between #discrepancy #genius

I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#arabic #certain #i #i can #i do

A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways. ↗

— Joan Blades

#communities #crowd #different #either #individuals

In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation. ↗

— Guy Debord

#conditions #directly #everything #immense #into

It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference. ↗

— Michael Dell

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I hate celebrities. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#hate #i

I know each fund has its supporters, and that some will not want to see the surplus go to schools. But, in tough times, you have to set priorities. And our priority is education. ↗

— Rod Blagojevich

#education #fund #go #i #know

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#be kind #charm #humor #i #intelligent

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties. ↗

— Charles W. Eliot

#business #certainties #judgements #probabilities #proceeds