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“That noise you are hearing, drowning out
the blows of life, is the wind touching the fronds of the thirty or so eighty-foot-tall palm trees encircling the centrally located swimming pool. You have fun thinking this sound might be the Holy Spirit.”
― Digging for God
― Digging for God
“إن الحاكم الفرد (الطاغية) هو أسوأ ما تحظى به المدينة، ففي ظل حكمه لن توجد قوانين تحكم الجميع. ولكنه سوف يسخر القوانين لصالحه بحيث لا تفيد سواه، وهكذا تختفي المساواة. ولكن حينما يكون هناك دستور وقوانين مكتوبة فإن الفقير والغني سوف يتمتعان بالعدالة، ويكون منحق الفقير استخدام نفس اللغة التي يستخدمها الغني، وإذا ما أهانه الغني فإنه ينتصر عليه إذا كان الحق يقف إلى جانبه.”
― Suppliant Women
― Suppliant Women
“Charlie said your friend’s disappeared,” chirped Wendy.
“No, he hasn’t.” Adam denied it. “He’s in the house. Now, look, what’s all this you’ve been telling them?”
“Nothing, I haven’t told them anything.” Charlie looked drunk.
“He said you’ve turned your friend into a crayfish,” insisted Wendy.
“He’s always making little jokes like that, and you fell for it. How am I supposed to do that, for heaven’s sake?” Adam was angry.
“With your little book you found. What’s that under your arm?”
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
“No, he hasn’t.” Adam denied it. “He’s in the house. Now, look, what’s all this you’ve been telling them?”
“Nothing, I haven’t told them anything.” Charlie looked drunk.
“He said you’ve turned your friend into a crayfish,” insisted Wendy.
“He’s always making little jokes like that, and you fell for it. How am I supposed to do that, for heaven’s sake?” Adam was angry.
“With your little book you found. What’s that under your arm?”
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
“[...] aquilo que faz parte do âmbito pessoal é também um ato político, [...] o diálogo pode ser uma forma de resistência.”
― The Vagina Monologues
― The Vagina Monologues
“For all their attempts to impose their rule on one another, they succeeded only in losing their ability to rule themselves,” was a late historian’s somber but accurate comment.1 In 338, at the battle of Chaeronea, the Macedonians under Philip II defeated the Greeks and curtailed their cherished freedoms forever.”
― Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece
― Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece
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