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Judith N. Shklar

"Every adult should be able to make as many effective decisions without fear or favor about as many aspects of her or his life as is compatible with the like freedom of every other adult. That belief is the original and only defensible meaning of liberalism."

Source : Judith N. Shklar, Bernard Yack (1996). “Liberalism Without Illusions: Essays on Liberal Theory and the Political Vision of Judith N. Shklar”, p.80, University of Chicago Press

Judith N. Shklar

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“When happiness becomes our standard for judging truth, things that make us happy give us permission to do some things that otherwise would be considered wrong.”
“Sometimes you meet someone at an inopportune moment and it doesn't work out, but then you see them again five years later and you're in different places and it's a better time.”
“And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.”
“That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Its like a Contiki tour, getting on and off buses, getting pissed.”
“Back then, it's weird, because I wasn't consciously thinking about it and I think that's why the doors opened and I had the opportunity. It was a big shift and I realized that you can plan and think your life is going somewhere, but you also have to surrender to what opportunities present themselves and really go for those as well.”
“Dancing on the edge is the only place to be.”
“Art is a magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds”

Source : Leonora Carrington (1988). “The seventh horse, and other tales”, Plume

"Every adult should be able to make as many effective decisions without fear or favor about as many aspects of her or his life as is compatible with the like freedom of every other adult. That belief is the original and only defensible meaning of liberalism."

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