"Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy."

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Source : Greg Bear (2014). “Slant”, p.170, Open Road Media

Greg Bear

#Spiritual Quotes #Morality Quotes #Tradition Quotes

“Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.”
“I try to define myself through my own choices rather than just accepting society's kind of you're that, you're that, let me put you in a box kind of thing.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“Gamers co-author the games they play by the choices they make and how they choose to solve problems, since what they do can affect the course and sometimes the outcome of the game.”

Source : "10 Truths About Books and What They Have to Do With Video Games" by James Gee, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2011.
“If, for example, I saw my grandparents or my daughter for an instant, would I recognize them? Probably not, because in looking so hard for a way to keep them alive, remembering them in the most minimal details, I have been changing them, adorning them with qualities they may not have had. I have given them a destiny much more complex than the ones they lived.”
“All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about.”
“The economic illusion is the belief that social justice is bad for economic growth.”

Source : Robert Kuttner (1987). “The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice”, p.1, University of Pennsylvania Press
“A dog â€” a dog teaches us so much about love. Wordless, imperfect love; love that is constant, love that is simple goodness, love that forgives not only bad singing and embarrassments, but misunderstandings and harsh words. Love that sits and stays and stays and stays, until it finally becomes its own forever. Love, stronger than death. A dog is a four-legged reminder that love comes and time passes and then your heart breaks.”
“O take heart, my brothers. Even now... with every leader & every resource & every strategy of every nation on Earth arrayed against Her - Even now, O even now, my brothers, Life is in no danger of losing the argument! - For after all .... (as will be shown) She has only to change the subject.”

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