"Liberalism is the philosophy for our time, because it does not try to conserve every tradition of the past, because it does not apply to new problems the old doctrinaire solutions, because it is prepared to experiment and innovate and because it knows that the past is less important than the future."

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Source : Liberal leadership convention, 1968.

Pierre Trudeau

#Philosophy Quotes #Past Quotes #Important Quotes

“The thing that's fun about the 'Housewives' is talking to your friends about it.”
“To the degree to which they correspond to the given reality, thought and behavior express a false consciousness, responding to and contributing to the preservation of a false order of facts. And this false consciousness has become embodied in the prevailing technical apparatus which in turn reproduces it.”
“I was so very interested in literature and so relatively uninterested in the movies when I was a teenager.”
“Governments never supply prosperity.Â At best, they can facilitate it, by allowing the free enterprise system to work.Â Usually they suppress it.”
“It's definitely a relief that it's over. It's been a long season for us, with ups and downs. But we're going to put it behind us now and we've got to try and be a better team.”
“Communication requires cultural context, and technology facilitates our ability to cross-reference ideas over time. Charles Moore were saying: Enough with the sterile, context-less architecture. Enough with the functional-minded frame of operation. How about a little mess? How about a little, let's say, syntax? A little quotation using history? How about some other meanings or symbols? I think that's the only logical reaction when you have to thoughtfully manage the communication of a lot of information.”

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“The look that passes between Jeffrey and Kimber right then feels like it requires a swell of cheesy music in the background. Aw, I think. Baby brother's in love. I also find this kind of gross.”

Source : Cynthia Hand (2011). “Unearthly”, p.112, Egmont UK
“Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.”

Source : Christine Feehan (2005). “Night Game”, p.296, Penguin

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