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In modern life, we are encouraged to listen to our hearts, listen to our inner voices, and listen to our guts, but rarely are we encouraged to listen carefully and with intent to other people. Instead, we are engaged in a dialogue of the
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“Our impression talking to nongeeks is that while they realize space sucks, they have underestimated the scale of suckitude.”
― A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
― A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
“Did you know the first woman to step foot in a space station was “gifted” an apron and asked if she’d handle cooking and cleaning for the rest of her mission?”
― A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
― A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“In the documentary Bowling for Columbine, heavy metal musician Marilyn Manson was asked what he would say to the kids and to the people in the community where the school shooting took place, an act some said was inspired by his music. “I wouldn’t say a single word to them. I would listen to what they have to say,” he said. “And that’s what no one did.”
― You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
― You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
“the myth of the happy darky and Gone With the Wind. And the North Americans appear to believe these legends, which they have created and which absolutely nothing in reality corroborates, until today. And when these legends are attacked, as is happening now—all over a globe which has never been and never will be White—my countrymen become childishly vindictive and unutterably dangerous.”
― Notes of a Native Son
― Notes of a Native Son
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