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‘this is obviously some strange usage of the word safe that I wasn’t previously aware of.’
“We are exterminating the bourgeoisie as a class. It is not necessary during the interrogation to look for evidence proving that the accused opposed the Soviets by word or action. The first question which you should ask him is what class does he belong to, what is his origin, his education and his profession. These are the questions which will determine the fate of the accused. Such is the sense and the essence of red terror.”
― The Gulag Archipelago
― The Gulag Archipelago
“Missy drove Shadow back to her place, where, in the drive, he saw an elderly SUV. The blown snow had bleached half of it to a blinding white, while the rest of it was painted the kind of drippy purple that someone would need to be very stoned, very often, to even begin to be able to find attractive.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“Traditionally, meditation students were taught first how to approach the technique, then how to practise it, before finally learning how to integrate the techniques into their everyday lives.”
― The Headspace Guide to: Mindfulness & Meditation
― The Headspace Guide to: Mindfulness & Meditation
“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into”
― Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
― Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
“The Assembly finally arrived at a compromise; that ‘the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in the Devanagari script’; but for ‘fifteen years from the commencement of the Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement’.59 Till 1965, at any rate, the notes and proceedings of the courts, the services, and the all-India bureaucracy would be conducted in English.”
― India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
― India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
Ankit’s 2025 Year in Books
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