"The Only cure for nihilism is for liberal democratic societies - their electorates, their judiciary, and their political leadership- to insist that force is legitimate only to the degree that it serves defensible poltical goals. Thus implies a constant exercise of due diligence..."

-- Michael Ignatieff

#Exercise Quotes #Goal Quotes #Political Quotes

“... one doesn't want to read badly any more than live badly, since time will not relent. I don't know that we owe God or nature a death, but nature will collect anyway, and we certainly owe mediocrity nothing, whatever collectivity it purports to advance or at least represent.”
“I fear no one, but respect everyone.”
“Everybody hangs out with everybody, which is very strange for a cast this large and this young. We're all cool and down to earth and not caught up in this maniacal business at all... . Everybody really, really likes everybody else”
“This new sport is comparable to no other. It is, in my opinion, one of the most intoxicating forms of sport, and will, I am sure, become one of the most popular. Many of us will perish before then, but that prospect will not dismay the braver spirits. . . . It is so delicious to fly like a bird!”
“One clear difference between art and commercial work is that commercial work is exploitive: the work may be high quality but the intention is to sell product or tickets. Art exists with or without ticket sales.”
“Every new medium transforms the nature of human thought. In the long run, history is the story of information becoming aware of itself.”

Source : James Gleick (2011). “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood”, p.12, HarperCollins UK
“Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families.”
“When it's asshole-tightening time, that's when you see what people are made of. Or at least what their ***** is made of.”

Source : Justin Halpern (2010). “Shit My Dad Says”, p.34, Pan Macmillan

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