"Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in 19th-century France and England, or 20th-century Russia and America."

-- Lillian Hellman

#Russia Quotes #Class Quotes #America Quotes

“...you have to reach for things beyond your grasp, or what is heaven for”
“Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”

Source : Walker Evans (2004). “Many are Called”, p.202, Yale University Press
“When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way critique can become merely an expression of profound cynicism, which then works to sustain dominator culture.”
“Character, like porcelain-ware, must be painted before it is glazed. There can be no change of color after it is burned in.”
“Network technology has irrevocably changed campaigning and elections. It has the potential to transform governance and the workings of our democracy for the better.”

Source : "Evolving Democracy for the 21st Century" by Beth Simone Noveck, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2011.
“You have to beat your own problematic imagination to discover what it is you're saying and how to say it and move forward into the unknown.”
“Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns.”
“They wouldn't let me play; only Alice would play games with me anymore.”

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