"Political correctness is as exploitable as any other progressive ideal, but its aim is to stifle the incessant noise of those who flap their careless lips without a thought about those they might offend and why that might be important."

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Source : "Of political correctness and referendums" by Marcus Brigstocke, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2005.

Marcus Brigstocke

#Political Quotes #Important Quotes #Noise Quotes

“If you know how to let go and be at peace, you know everything you need to know about living in the world.”
“A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space.”
“I do think it's important to distinguish between intentionalism about consciousness and externalism about consciousness. Intentionalism says that consciousness is a form of intentionality - the representation of things to the mind. Externalism says that these things have to exist in order for them to be represented, or presented. These are different views.”
“The short story, free from the longuers of the novel is also exempt from the novel's conclusiveness--too often forced and false: it may thus more nearly than the novel approach aesthetic and moral truth.”
“Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back.”
“I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas.”
“I had a little sorrow, Born of a little sin.”
“Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals.”

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