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"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned." -- The Buddha
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The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create -- so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating. -Pearl S. Buck, novelist, Nobel laureate (26 Jun 1892-1973)
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. -Thomas Paine, philosopher and writer (9 Feb 1737-1809)
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In its original literal sense, "moral relativism" is simply moral complexity. That is, anyone who agrees that stealing a loaf of bread to feed one's children is not the moral equivalent of, say, shoplifting a dress for the fun of it, is a relativist of sorts. But in recent years, conservatives bent on reinstating an essentially religious vocabulary of absolute good and evil as the only legitimate framework for discussing social values have redefined "relative" as "arbitrary". -Ellen Jane Willis, writer (14 Dec 1941-2006)
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Make no judgments where you have no compassion. -Anne McCaffrey, writer (1 Apr 1926-2011)
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Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings? To me it's the latter, so I sign up. -Margaret Atwood, novelist and poet (b. 18 Nov 1939)
To many that decry Feminists, they are someone that shines a light on the kind of asshole that they are. And the one thing an asshole cannot stand is having it publicly pointed out they are indeed an asshole. -- Me
To many that decry Feminists, they are someone that shines a light on the kind of asshole that they are. And the one thing an asshole cannot stand is having it publicly pointed out they are indeed an asshole. -- Me
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I have little patience for people who are "Anti-Woke"
Fear and ignorance drives the anti-woke frame of mind and I am tired of it.
Fear and ignorance drives the anti-woke frame of mind and I am tired of it.
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jayphailey wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2024 12:22 pmI have little patience for people who are "Anti-Woke"
Fear and ignorance drives the anti-woke frame of mind and I am tired of it.
It doesn't even mean anything anymore. Woke is taken as a generic slut by the Haters.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore. -William Cowper, poet (26 Nov 1731-1800)
I feel that in my bones.
I feel that in my bones.
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