"The Peruvian flute music is . . . cool. In this music, they have not yet invented the industrial revolution that leads to excessive punctuality or the failed experiment they call the nuclear family. This is the music of elements, untarnished, unrehearsed."

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Source : Kate Braverman (1998). “Small Craft Warnings: Stories”

Kate Braverman

#Nuclear Families Quotes #Elements Quotes #Revolution Quotes

“A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom.”
“You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been!”
“There is simply no comparison between a man who is armed and one who is not. It is simply unreasonable to expect that an armed man should obey one who is unarmed, or that an unarmed man should remain safe and secure when his servants are armed.”
“If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.”
“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”
“I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?”
“I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.”

Source : Peter Singer (2010). “The Life You Can Save: How to play your part in ending world poverty”, p.21, Pan Macmillan

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