#v

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#discretion #else #every #every man #forget

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#connecticut #ensure #field #fight #i

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#conventions #despicable #human #human nature #nature

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#ephemeral #ever #motive #outlasts #particular

There is no teacher, living or past, who can give us the actual understanding of Truth. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way. That is all. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to Truth. ↗

— Paul Twitchell

#actual #dependent #feet #give #his

Nonfiction is more personal for me. It's more personal in that it's more direct, and actually it's always been more direct, even when I first started doing pieces. ↗

— Joan Didion

#always #been #direct #doing #even

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#does #inconvenient #moral #precept #something

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price. ↗

— Joan Didion

#having #price #question #recognizing #self-respect

Being happy is very important. We won our second championship last season and we have our entire team coming back to try and defend our title again. I'm very proud of that. ↗

— Larry Dixon

#back #being #being happy #championship #coming

I lead a very conventional life. ↗

— Joan Didion

#i #lead #life #very