“Not needing a family member for support or because you plan to inherit the family farm means that who we choose to spend time with is based more on our identities and aspirations for growth than survival or necessity,” he explains. “Today, nothing ties an adult child to a parent beyond that adult child’s desire … Continue reading Between the “Quotes” & Control
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Unfucks
https://twitter.com/TeaRoomBetty/status/1354213974452162562 Unfucks is a word I didn't even know I needed in my vocabulary.
Quote Investigator – Tracing Quotations
"What is the purpose of this website? This website records the investigatory work of Garson O’Toole who diligently seeks the truth about quotations. Who really said what? This question often cannot be answered with complete finality, but approximate solutions can be iteratively improved over time."—https://quoteinvestigator.com/
Zuihitsu: 2020-06-16 to 2020-08-08
You can’t learn anything with your mouth open.Is it complex or merely complicated?Use the right tool and the tool will do the work.Always respect the task.It’s easy to make things difficult. It’s difficult to make things easy.Don’t put it down, put it away. Think fast and talk slow. Listen, analyze, evaluate, prepare a fallback strategy, then … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2020-06-16 to 2020-08-08
Not Inferno
"…the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together. There are two ways to escape suffering it. The first is easy for many: accept the inferno and become such a part of it that you can no longer see it. The second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek … Continue reading Not Inferno
Rambo III
"Colonel Trautman: You expect sympathy? You started this damn war! Now you'll have to deal with it!Zaysen: And we will. It is just a matter of time before we achieve a complete victory.Colonel Trautman: Yeah, well, there won't be a victory! Every day, your war machines lose ground to a bunch of POORLY-armed, POORLY-equipped freedom … Continue reading Rambo III
Discordian Quotes
"Unfortunately America ran out of its strategic anger reserves that time we all thought there'd be no more Twinkies."-Discordian Quotes
Agree to Disagree or Fight
"'I don't believe in argument," he said......'You don't?' Erens said, genuinely surprised. 'Shit, and I thought I was the cynical one."'It's not cynicism,' he said flatly. 'I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.''Oh well, thank you.''It's comforting, I suppose.' ... 'Most people are not prepared to have their minds … Continue reading Agree to Disagree or Fight
Diversity vs. Inclusion
"Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance.” —Verna Myers, Esq. quoted in Daniel Harvey, "Big Tech's big inclusion problem." 20 Minutes into the Future. October 22, 2019.
Arguing for a Different Reality
"Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right."–Haruki Murakami, probably in Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki
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