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It annoys you, because you see through it; it annoys you, because you’re meant to see through it. He’s not hiding the fact that he’s looking at you, and he’s not hiding the fact that he sees you looking back.
“where love and desire are concerned, there are no adequate examples; and all of our objects must bear the burden of exemplifying and failing what drives our attachment to them.”
― Desire/Love
― Desire/Love
“Intellectuals sign petitions, perhaps march in the streets, attempt their own soundbites when broadcasting, but confine their extended energies to debate and discourse among themselves.”
― The End of Certainty: Towards a New Internationalism
― The End of Certainty: Towards a New Internationalism
“At the end of the market is a tall, whitewashed, conelike tower, with black intertwining snakes painted on all its sides—the temple. Inside, you will find an image of a saffron-colored creature, half man half monkey: this is Hanuman, everyone’s favorite god in the Darkness. Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with absolute fidelity, love, and devotion. These are the kinds of gods they have foisted on us, Mr. Jiabao. Understand, now, how hard it is for a man to win his freedom in India.”
― The White Tiger
― The White Tiger
“Chan has had the courage to subvert standard scholarly approaches to show that the very framework within which academics operate is itself an impediment to the leap of imagination required to meet the demands of our sublimely chaotic world.”
― The End of Certainty: Towards a New Internationalism
― The End of Certainty: Towards a New Internationalism
“The information we work with is frequently updated as we receive new materials and as the content of various projects evolves. Documents and papers quickly pile up. Even if we tidy our desk once, to keep it that way we need to stay on top of it, and that requires a mindset that keeps us motivated, an understanding of why we want to tidy up.”
― Joy at Work: The Life-Changing Magic of Organising Your Working Life
― Joy at Work: The Life-Changing Magic of Organising Your Working Life
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