"Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite"

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Source : Iain Banks (2008). “Dead Air”, p.118, Hachette UK

Iain Banks

#Wings Quotes #Political Quotes #Polite Quotes

“Communicate, communicate, communicate: If anything, make sure to communicate what you're doing, what you're up to, what's going on and what issues your facing as often as you can - even if [you think] no one's listening. This serves both as a log of your activities and a personal record that you can refer to later but also opens the possibility that someone might just come along and be able to help you in some unexpected but totally necessary way!”
“Recycling is more expensive for communities than it needs to be, partly because traditional recycling tries to force materials into more lifetimes than they are designed for - a complicated and messy conversion, and one that itself expends energy and resources. Very few objects of modern consumption were designed with recycling in mind. If the process is truly to save money and materials, products must be designed from the very beginning to be recycled or even "upcycled" - a term we use to describe the return to industrial systems of materials with improved, rather than degraded, quality.”
“I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'”
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid.”
“I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there.”

Source : Interview with Karen Borsari, www.shape.com.
“Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.”
“There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.”
“Do what's good for you Or you're not good for anybody”

Source : Song: James, Album: Turnstiles, 1976

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