#w

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#alienation #day #escape #left #only

I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#blame #call #discourse #engenders #guilt

The sense that in his mother’s view, he had let down his family just by being who he was… was a failure of acceptance that he was never going to get over. He just wanted to live, honestly and out front, with no apology. Like everyone else. To love who he loved, be who he was… but society had a different standard. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#blaylock #j-r-ward #lover-at-last #family

The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized! ↗

— Roland Barthes

#clearly #deal #ending #entire #great

Don't ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest thing possible. Because there's always somebody behind you who really wants to do what you're doing. And they're going to work harder than you if you're not working hard. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#anyone #because #behind #believe #doing

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. ↗

— Mark Twain

#different #different kinds #hours #i #inside

Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. ↗

— Mark Twain

#fiction #make #sense #stranger #than

As a reporter, I approach every situation knowing that everyone has his or her own agenda. It's not a bad thing; it's just a fact. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#approach #bad #bad thing #every #everyone

Having the opportunity to follow the market frequently gives you the opportunity to see if you need to reevaluate your portfolio. But reevaluating your portfolio shouldn't trigger a sell signal so frequently. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#frequently #gives #having #market #need

I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it's very weird, very confusing. ↗

— Shania Twain

#best #between #cameras #confusing #i