Georg Henrik von Wright Quotes

Society is becoming less and less transparent. People no longer know where decisions that substantially affect their lives are taken, nor by whom, nor how.

Georg Henrik von Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: finnish
  • Birth: June 14, 1916 - June 16, 2003

Topics

PeopleSocietyDecisionsKnowAffect

I've just always loved really good projects. The things that draw me into a new project have very little to do with genre and have more to do with the characters I'll be playing, the people I'll get to work with and things like that.

Jewel Staite

WorkGoodPeopleMeLovedNew

The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers.

Roger Mudd

ChangeGovernmentToneReaders

There's a way you have to play the quarterback position in the NFL. Maybe I'm a little bit old school, but I think you have to play the game in the pocket with consistency.

Ron Jaworski

SchoolConsistencyGameThinkYou

People can be really mean - they say the most vicious things.

Rutina Wesley

PeopleSayMeanThey SayThings

There is something a little vulgar about writing a novel that is too close to the present, too concerned with current events, too eager to critique technological advancements.

Michelle Dean

WritingPresentEventsTechnological

I had a hip replacement a couple of years ago. I have a song about that. And why wouldn't you? It strikes me that that was a huge event. It's kind of funny and horrible and interesting, so why wouldn't one write about that?

Loudon Wainwright III

FunnyMeSongInterestingYouKind

When the Greatest Hits came out and we did that tour, I just felt I wanted to take a break, totally. Probably because, as well, I was so young when I got famous. I did album, tour, album, tour, album, tour, then I had a public nervous breakdown where I just lost tons of weight.

Dolores O'Riordan

FamousLostYoungNervousOutBreak

Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing and I've written books, for instance - but acting is what keeps me going: it's what I do; it gives life purpose.

Christopher Lee

LifeJobPurposeMeMy LifeActing

I always teach myself calm and visualization stuff.

Conor McGregor

MyselfCalmTeachAlwaysStuff

I'm in politics to change things - if possible, for the better. I was a journalist for a long time, but I had a kind of midlife crisis, and I decided I needed to do something to get on the pitch and stop endlessly kicking over other peoples' sandcastles.

Boris Johnson

ChangeTimePoliticsBetterLong

Sometimes sugarcane takes about 15 months to grow, and hence it is inappropriate to ask farmers to pay their crop loans in 12 months.

Sharad Pawar

GrowSometimesFarmersAskPayCrop

I love healthy stuff and junk an equal amount. Whatever I'm craving, I go for it. I'm never trying to lose weight - or gain it. I'm just being.

Kelly Clarkson

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