"As citizens of a free society, we have a duty to look critically at our world. But if we think we know what is wrong, we must act upon that knowledge."

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Source : Tony Judt (2010). “Ill Fares the Land”, p.114, Penguin

Tony Judt

#Thinking Quotes #Our World Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Congratulations to the NBA champion Boston Celtics - they beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 39 points. Or as Hillary Clinton would say, "Too close to call.”
“Oh -- who's the Queen?" "Her, of course. The White Queen. You're just like Alice, you know. Down the rabbit hole with the Mad Hatter.”
“Sometimes you just have to reach out and grab what you want, even when they tell you not to. This is something that I've struggled with my whole life long.”
“Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.”
“Functions of technical information, historic record, analytic argument, which are integral and obvious to Dante's use of verse are now almost completely a part of the 'prosaic'.”
“Wellâ€¦ donâ€™t be offended, but you smell like a dog.”
“Morality measured in centimeters: all mothers believe that only their daughters dance decently.”
“Life is too transcendentally humorous for a man not to take it seriously. Compared with it, Death is but a shallow jest.”

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