Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.
C. Northcote Parkinson
Recitation: by Male by Female
There's certain things that people hold as truth but that are not always necessarily true.
Jeremy Podeswa
TruthPeopleTrueAlwaysHold
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
Soren Kierkegaard
TeacherYouProfessorTakeThinker
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
Robertson Davies
DopeWorstCharacteristicsMiser
I think our everyday coded language around 'good neighborhoods' and 'bad neighborhoods' is what allows for tremendous violence to happen... When you label a neighborhood 'bad' and avoid it, then you don't know and don't see what goes on there. And there's no human face to interrupt that narrative.
Robin DiAngelo
GoodFaceThinkLanguageViolence
Elder McKinley wants his homosexuality to be turned off. To be a perfect Mormon, he has to put his feelings away.
Rory O'Malley
PerfectFeelingsAwayOffElderHe
I think of my drawing style like handwriting: it's a mix of whatever handwriting you're born with, plus bits and pieces you've pilfered from other people around you.
Roz Chast
StylePeopleThinkDrawingYouBorn
One of the things I wanted to do in 'The Death of Truth' was explore some of the larger social and political dynamics that fueled the rise of Trump and brought America to the point where a third of the country will casually shrug off hard facts about everything from the size of inaugural crowds to the crime rate among immigrants.
Michiko Kakutani
TruthDeathFactsPoliticalAmerica
What is the secret of Stalin's unquestioned strength? He controls every wheel and screw of the party machine, which is the source of authority and power in the Soviet Union.
Louis Fischer
StrengthPowerPartyWheelAuthority
They will sustain the constitution and laws and institutions of the United States, and be the champions of liberty and of that constitution when its integrity shall be threatened.
Lorenzo Snow
IntegrityConstitutionChampionsWill
People don't realize that the Obama Administration has been, if anything, harder on whistleblowers than the Bush Administration. Part of the reason is that they know that the response will be more muted because the traditional constituency supporting whistleblowers just happen to be the same constituency as Obama's.
Jonathan Turley
PeopleKnowWillMoreReasonSame
I am in love with girls that are bad and naughty and badass, and a little selfish, but I like to watch from a respectful distance!
Dreama Walker
LoveI AmSelfishBadDistanceLike
I love a well-plotted story. But I'm just not that kind of writer, and it's not necessarily by choice. When I manipulate plot, I feel I lose authenticity.
Alice McDermott
LoveStoryFeelLoseChoiceKind
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