"We haven't developed a progressive vocabulary. We say something is "public," but we just mean it's viewable online. Or we say it's "open," but we just mean it's accessible. I would like for us to think about terms critically and maybe change our vocabulary a bit. What if pubic actually meant publicly-funded, or social meant socialized."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Astra Taylor

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Vocabulary Quotes

“Iran can and should be a responsible state, not the leading state sponsor of terror.”
“Money is the sinews of love, as of war.”

Source : 'Love and a Bottle' (1698) act 2, sc. 1.
“Freedom to reject is the only freedom.”
“God does not demand that I be succesful. God demands that I be faithful. When facing God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what is important.”
“Anyone who’s ever put a stamp on an envelope or a note on their refrigerator knows what it’s like to make a collage. There’s no esoteric technique.”
“So often in my life I've been with people and shared beautiful moments like travelling or staying up all night and watching the sunrise, and I knew it was a special moment, but something was always wrong. I wished I'd been with someone else. I knew that what I was feeling - exactly what was so important to me - they didn't understand.”
“We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works”
“There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.”

Source : Mary Renault (2013). “The Charioteer: A Virago Modern Classic”, p.71, Hachette UK

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