"Politicians can forgive almost anything in the way of abuse; they can forgive subversion, revolution, being contradicted, exposed as liars, even ridiculed, but they can never forgive being ignored."

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Auberon Waugh

#Liars Quotes #Being Ignored Quotes #Abuse Quotes

“Beauty is nature’s way of acting at a distance.”

Source : "A Darwinian theory of beauty". TED conference, www.ted.com. February 2010.
“Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.”
“Bouillabaisse, this golden soup, this incomparable golden soup which embodies and concentrates all the aromas of our shores and which permeates, like an ecstasy, the stomachs of astonished gastronomes. Bouillabaisse is one of those classic dishes whose glory has encircled the world, and the miracle consists of this: there are as many bouillabaisses as there are good chefs or cordon bleus. Each brings to his own version his special touch.”
“The force of union conquers all.”
“I like natural disasters and I think that they may be the highest form of art possible to experience”
“I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.”
“Wind and solar power, energy efficient buildings, cars that go farther on a tank of gas, and other solutions can fight climate change. I know America can get on a more sustainable path - we just have to raise our voices and demand it.”
“A graphic is never an end in itself; it is a moment in the process of decision making.”

Source : Jacques Bertin (1981). “Graphics and Graphic Information Processing”, p.16, Walter de Gruyter

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