"A value is like a fax machine: itâ€™s not much use if youâ€™re the only one who has one."

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Source : Kwame Anthony Appiah (2010). “The Ethics of Identity”, p.130, Princeton University Press

Kwame Anthony Appiah

#Fax Quotes #Machines Quotes #Use Quotes

“Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container.”
“You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.”
“When you have nothing to say, say nothing.”
“It seems that in the world of politics, lying is not such a big deal.”

Source : "Secretary of Iranian Supreme council for National Security, Ali Larijani: if the European countries impose sanctions, they will be more harmed than us; if you toy with our national pride, you will face a firm response". Press conference aired on the Iranian News Channel (IRINN), www.memri.org. February 1, 2006.
“I like creating beauty out of scary things.”

Source : "Claire Boucher Mines Beauty From the Dark Side" by Laura M. Holson, www.nytimes.com. March 7, 2012.
“The bolder the action, the greater the genius, magic and power that is likely to flow from it.”
“What I've talked about the entire series and throughout this playoffs is about intensity and effort, desire and will of our players.”
“By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder - infinitely prouder - to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life. And while the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battle field but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, Our Father Who Art in Heaven.”

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