"Teachers ... preach "the superiority of the intelligence"; but they preach it because in their opinion it is the intelligence which shows us the actions required for our interests, i.e. from exactly the same passion for the practical."

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Source : Julien Benda (1969). “The Treason of the Intellectuals”

Julien Benda

#Teacher Quotes #Passion Quotes #Action Quotes

“I've never been the wilting flower. I've never been the girl who's subservient to a man.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax.”

Source : "US supreme court surprises with decision to uphold healthcare reform" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2012.
“A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not to forget those who helped him when his need was greatest.”
“The first axiom of the family vacation is that someone, possibly everyone, will get sick.”
“I take every film as it comes.”
“I mean, I'm not a contrarian.”
“Jim Jones wanted his people to believe the establishment was trying to kill him because whites were threatened by his message of racial equality. He used the incident to close ranks and turn anyone who disagreed with him into a menace. He warned his congregation that a would be assassin might try to infiltrate their church, so they had to prove their loyalty to him by never questioning his orders. Dissenters became traitors.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Maybe this Watergate is like the Old Testament. It was visited upon us and maybe were going to benefit from it.”

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