"I'm trying to make people more alert that mere acceptance isn't a good enough indicator that something is ethical. You actually need to stop and think. Acceptance on the basis of ignorance or deceit is not the same thing as the acceptance on the basis of ongoing vigorous democratic debate."

-- Sheila Jasanoff

#Ignorance Quotes #Acceptance Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Many change initiatives are poorly thought out, and rolled out prematurely. Others are genuinely good ideas but the proponents underestimate the amount of time needed to make the change. And, I agree, true change usually requires people giving something up and so resistance is pretty well guaranteed for any meaningful change.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle; easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we would still live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan.”
“Robbie Keane was like the cat that got the cheese”
“In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return.”

Source : "The great Tiananmen taboo" by Ma Jian, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2009.
“My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Heavy Metal is the most conservative of all loud music. Let's face it, not even a gym teacher could get as many people to dress alike.”
“Limitation makes the creative mind inventive.”
“Then I heard someone laugh. I wished I didn't know whose laugh it was, but I knew Will's laugh just like I knew he had a small scar right above his left elbow. You couldn't be reluctantly lust-ridden for someone without noticing stuff about them.”

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