"think there's a culture of Silicon Valley that seems to have the attitude that you can have it both ways, that you can be an insurgent but also, ultimately, it's paid for by advertising, when in fact advertising is totally retrograde. Now that's an industry we should be disrupting, and maybe you disrupt it by funding public media. None of this is technological destiny; there are only social choices."

-- Astra Taylor

#Attitude Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Now, it's so sacred. It's how I see the world. I can't help but look at people, their physicality, and how they move. It's how I see everything.”
“Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.”
“It's something that exists on a daily basis on practically every street in India. You have people who are Hindus, Muslims, Christians - not just Catholics, but Protestants, you name it, all kinds of Christians - a hundred other religions, living side by side. And the kind of personal religion that people end up practicing is a bizarre concoction of ritual drawn from each other. So everybody ends up celebrating everyone else's festivals.”

Source : Source: www.bookbrowse.com
“Know when to lie to your kids.”
“The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been.”
“Aim for a star, and keep your sights high! With a heart full of faith within, your feet on the ground and your eyes in the sky.”
“That to fly requires chaotic, sometimes even violent passages--becomes a metaphor for all of life's most meaningful endeavors.”
“Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.”

Source : Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.17, Penguin

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