"Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular."

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Source : John A. Spaulding, George Simpson, Emile Durkheim (2010). “Suicide”, p.372, Simon and Schuster

Emile Durkheim

#Order Quotes #Generations Quotes #Movement Quotes

“Without a visual identity, we have no community, no support network, no movement. Making ourselves visible is a political act, making ourselves visible is a continual process.”
“In my view there is a level of human knowledge that involves just getting it right aptly. This "animal" epistemic level is an inferior level in just the way of Diana's long shot in the dark while drunk. That shot is inferior in a certain respect if too poorly selected as a hunter's archery shot, even if not quite as poorly selected as would be a shot aimed at the moon. Even if Diana's too risky shot turns out to be apt by attaining success through sublime archery dexterity, it is still inferior in the particular respect of being so risky and hence so poorly selected.”
“I didn't have toys and bikes; I'd go out and pick up rocks. I was into science and nature. It was my first love. I was going to be a vet and a marine biologist. I went to university and studied biology for two weeks and I just thought: "I've been conned!"”
“I do love the sound of ripping corn husks. The violence of the noise, the sustained popping and shoring of the silky organic threads, made me think of someone tearing up an expensive and potentially Italian set of trousers in a fit of madness that this person just might regret later.”

Source : Reif Larsen (2010). “The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel”, p.23, Penguin
“Strong people don't put others down. they lift them up.”
“Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”
“I was born with lots of deformities.”
“Life is good. Or at least, it's always interesting.”

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