#vic

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#good #moderately #moderation #ought #principle

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#moderation #principle #temper #vice #virtue

Human nature is not of itself vicious. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#human nature #itself #nature #vicious

The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#because #boring #i #only #shy

The only place that the left hasn't placed the blame is on their agenda, so some advice for our friends on that side of the aisle: that's where you've gotta look because that's what got you into this mess. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#agenda #aisle #because #blame #friends

The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#advocate #challenge #conviction #coup #even

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#fight #pleases #us #victory

Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#competition #i #need #people #starting

One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#academia #arts #education #fashion #finance

There's a lot of artists whose contracts are written in such a way that they do not get paid for what's happening on streaming services. ↗

— Sean Parker

#contracts #get #happening #lot #paid