"We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it help bring about a better society or a better world? Those used to be the political questions, even if they invited no easy answers. We must learn once again to pose them."

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Source : Tony Judt (2010). “Ill Fares the Land”, p.11, Penguin

Tony Judt

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“Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.â€™â€¦ â€˜Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.â€™â€¦ â€˜Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.â€™â€¦ â€˜Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.â€™â€¦ â€˜And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless.”
“Perhaps the same bird echoed through both of us yesterday, seperate, in the evening.”
“. . . to walk alone in London is the greatest rest.”
“I wonder if it's possible to start a new relationship without hurting someone else.”
“No guy in the history of America has ordered a Smirnoff Ice at a bar without hating himself a little.”
“You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you”
“Nobody else took what I was doing seriously, so nobody would want to work with me. I was thought to be a bit eccentric and maybe cranky.”

Source : " Father of 'the God particle' Peter Higgs says fame is a bit of a nuisance" by Peter Higgs, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2014.
“She has her own glamour, Willy lad. All poets do, all the bards and artists, all the musicians who truly take the music into their own hearts. They all straddle the border of Faerie, and they see into both worlds. Not dependably into either, perhaps, but that uncertainty keeps them honest and at a distance.”

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