"Conservatism is constitutionally opposed to public reason, and this explains the abandon with which so many conservative pundits embrace flagrant simulations of reason, constructed through the methods of public relations, and exhibit so little regard for the real thing."

-- Philip E. Agre

#Real Quotes #Littles Quotes #Libertarian Quotes

“I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily”
“Renaissance cowboy/raconteur Pop Wagner ...deadpan funny ...his presence is like meeting Woody Guthrie and Will Rogers riding a single, many colored horse. Pop is a kind of 'textile genius' who is able to spin, at once, both yarn and rope.”
“If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, Maybe I could understand some of these illegal injunctions. ... But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”
“You [the employees] are involved in a crusade.”
“During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.”
“It is also interesting to note that the original supermodels are now making a comeback after being dismissed in the Nineties as being 'greedy' by a gaggle of male designers who lived like Sun Kings.”
“Good and bad; shade and sunlight, there's but a hair's breath between them. It's all one in the end.”
“It's the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward.”

Source : Robert Lipsyte (1967). “The contender”

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