"The other side of my work is political disappointment - the realization that we are living in an unjust world. "Blood is being spilled in the merriest way, as if it was champagne," Dostoevsky says. That raises the problem of justice, what it might mean in an unjust world and whether there can be an ethics and a political practice that would be able to face and face down the injustice of the present. How might we begin to think about that?"

Source : "Demand Everything! An Interview With Philosopher Simon Critchley". Interview with Anders Gullestad, truthout.org. May 15, 2010.

Simon Critchley

#Disappointment Quotes #Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The song could start with a riff that I base the song around. Or a chord progression or a melody I have, I just write a story about it. Lyric-wise, it's cool to have someone else's input too.”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com
“My observation continues to confirm me more and more in the opinion, that to experience religion is to experience the truth of the great doctrines of Divine grace.”

Source : Ichabod Smith Spencer (1851). “A Pastor's Sketches”, p.177
“There is a lot of censorship about writing that's exerted from all directions, from families or governments and society, even the fear of being offensive in some way.”

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“Merely gathering knowledge may become the most useless work a man can do. What can you do to help and heal the world? That is the educational test.”
“I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it.”
“Royce looked back down at the stream below. "She doesn't even know me. What if she doesn't like me? Few people do." "She might not at first. Maribor knows I didn't. But you have a way of growing on a person." He smiled. "You know, like lichen or mold.”
“We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.”
“I love football. My weekends are booked. Saturday college games and Sunday NFL and 'Monday Night Football.' Booked! Football is first, then basketball and then everything else.”

Source : "Jordin Sparks loves her sports". Interview with Amanda Rykoff, www.espn.com. July 22, 2011.

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