Daniela
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Why do prisons tend to make people think that their own rights and liberties are more secure than they would be if prisons did not exist?
“For there is nothing important except people. A person is defined solely by the extent of his influence over other people, by the sphere of his interrelationships; and morality is an utterly meaningless term unless defined as the good one does to others, the fulfilling of one’s function in the sociopolitical whole.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
― The Lathe of Heaven
“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
“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
“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
“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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