"The subject who speaks is situated in relation to the other. This privilege of the other ceases to be incomprehensible once we admit that the first fact of existence is neither being in itself nor being for itself but being for the other, in other words, that human existence is a creature. By offering a word, the subject putting himself forward lays himself open and, in a sense, prays."

-- Claudia Rankine

#Offering Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Facts Quotes

“There are so may ways to kills yourself, they're just old-fashioned with their permanganate: do you think I'd take permanganate? I wouldn't want to burn my insides out and live to tell the tale as well: idiots! It's simple, I'd drown myself... Why be in misery at the last?”
“History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around the world, that is, where it leads to job losses, not job creation.”
“I like having the dough to come and go as I please.”
“The religion of our fathers overhung us children like the shadow of a mighty tree against the trunk of which we rested, while we looked up in wonder through the great boughs that half hid and half revealed the sky. Some of the boughs were already decaying, so that perhaps we began to see a little more of the sky than our elders; but the tree was sound at its heart ...”
“I just had it with the corporate money, money, money label thing.”
“What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself.”
“Poetry contains almost all you need to know about life.”
“The U.S. has fallen well behind Europe in recognizing climate change and the implications of climate change.”

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