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‘That’s just what translation is, I think. That’s all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they’re trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.’
“None of this is spare time. I can’t spare it.”
― No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
― No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
“Meaning - this is perhaps the common note, the bane I am seeking. What is the Meaning of this book, this event in the book, this story ... ? Tell me what it Means.
But that is not my job, honey. That's your job.”
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
But that is not my job, honey. That's your job.”
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
“It appears that we've given up on the long-range view. That we've decided not to think about consequences—about cause and effect. Maybe that's why I feel that I live in exile. I used to live in a country that had a future.”
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
“Opinion all too often leaves no room for anything but itself.”
― No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
― No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
“Anger points powerfully to the denial of rights, but the exercise of rights can't life and thrive on anger. It lives and thrives on the dogged pursuit of justice.”
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
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