"First of all, principles should be general. That is, it must be possible to formulate them without use of what would be intuitively recognized as proper names, or rigged definite descriptions."

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John Rawls

#Names Quotes #Principles Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“It's weird when you hear teachers call each other by their first names. It's like they're friends or something.”

Source : Brian Francis (2004). “Fruit: A Novel about a Boy and His Nipples”, p.246, ECW Press
“When I came to DreamWorks, I was in bad trouble. They were in bad trouble. They were millions of dollars in the hole and a few days from closing their doors. I was on my last leg.”
“If dreams give you power, then I'm strong enough to walk through my heart till you love me.”
“Emotions are captive to reality”
“Behind my carefully buttoned collar is my nakedness, the struggle to find clean clothes, food, meaning, and money. Behind sex is rage, behind anger is love, behind this moment is silence, years of silence.”

Source : Dorothy Allison (1996). “Two or Three Things I Know for Sure”, p.39, Penguin
“I haven't been part of the criminal world,”
“Malcolm X found the language that communicated across the board, from college professor to floor sweeper, all at the same time, without demeaning the intellect of either.”
“One day you wake up and realize the world can be conquered.”

Source : Austin Grossman (2007). “Soon I Will Be Invincible: A Novel”, p.137, Vintage

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