"Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out."

-- Laurence Sterne

#Education Quotes #Father Quotes #Knowledge Quotes

“We should assume that we all have a lot in common. Speak as if our views are the only sensible ones. This resonates with ordinary people, as long as we speak ordinary language and don't come across as elitists.”
“Holding onto and manipulating physical objects is one of the things we learn earliest and do the most. It should not be surprising that object control is the basis of one of the five most fundamental metaphors for our inner life. To control objects, we must learn to control our bodies. We learn both forms of control together. Self-control and object control are inseparable experiences from earliest childhood. It is no surprise that we should have as a metaphor-a primary metaphor-Self Control is Object Control.”
“It remains to be seen, for example whether China can continue to develop as a market economy while still retaining an authoritarian communist political system.”

Source : Peter Dicken (2007). “Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy”, p.516, SAGE Publications Ltd
“I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction.”
“If Boeing got a big head start on the 707 from multibillion-dollar military contracts to develop an air force transport, is that a sin against free trade?”

Source : Robert Kuttner (1987). “The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice”, p.96, University of Pennsylvania Press
“There are so many quirky characters, its easy to fall in love with any number of the characters on The Carrie Diaries.”

Source : "'The Carrie Diaries' Brendan Dooling On The Challenges Of Playing A Gay Teen In The '80s". Interview with Louis Peitzman, www.buzzfeed.com. April 4, 2013.
“There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.”
“Pain is not a conduit to art or joy”

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