"The internet has spawned people for whom knowingness is more important than knowledge. It equips you with the illusion of offering knowledge instantly - and quite easily - so you can read a few articles on a few subjects and feel well informed but not actually know any of those subjects in any depth."

-- Pankaj Mishra

#Offering Quotes #People Quotes #Important Quotes

“The question of receiving the immigrant is an ethical issue that becomes a political issue.”
“I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.”

Source : Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”
“Itâ€™s mentally exhausting, feeling bad about something you can do nothing about.”
“I'm not going to be hardened by these people, to these things, I'm not going to let them destroy my feelings or my emotions.”

Source : "Who the Fuck is Pete Doherty?". June 6, 2005.
“It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic.”

Source : "Gordon Strachan: 'And people think I've got a problem with the press...'". Interview with Richard Rae, www.independent.co.uk. August 21, 2010.
“In the Reggio Emilia preschools, however, each child is viewed as infinitely capable, creative, and intelligent. The job of the teacher is to support these qualities and to challenge children in appropriate ways so that they develop fully.”
“Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.”
“What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.”

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