"My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that."

-- Robert Knepper

#Life Is Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“Standing still is never an option so long as inequities remain embedded in the very fabric of the culture.”

Source : Tim Wise (2013). “Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity”, p.117, City Lights Books
“Accountability makes no sense when it undermines the larger goals of education.”

Source : Diane Ravitch (2016). “The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education”, p.18, Basic Books
“The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike...Unless we return to the crude and nursery-like belief in objective values, we perish.”
“Unhappy is a people that has run out of words to describe what is going on.”
“The more we consume, acquire, and elevate our status, the harder it is to stay happy.”
“There are many farm handouts; but let's call them what they really are: a form of legalized theft. Essentially, a congressman tells his farm constituency, "Vote for me. I'll use my office to take another American's money and give it to you."”
“Great fiction has been written out of the very darkest circumstances of our narco violence, and nothing written in either fiction or nonfiction has penetrated that darkness so memorably - you can even say beautifully, a relentless riveting forensic dark beauty that some readers in fact find themselves unable to endure - as Roberto BolaÃ±o's 2666. Especially in "The Part about the Crimes." But here's the thing: nobody would call 2666 a "narco novel."”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“At last someone takes me seriously.”

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