David Graeber Quotes
Honor is the same as credit; it's one's ability to keep ones promises, but also, in the case of a wrong, to 'get even'.
Quotes to Explore
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I've known Bezos for decades, since the very early days of Amazon, so it's no surprise to me that he's smart or willing to make big bets.
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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Since the age of 14, I have littered – excuse me, adorned – the Internet with Taylor Swift analyses.
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Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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I always preferred my father's pasta the next day, when he'd put it in a hot oven with heaps of extra cheese. It would emerge slightly burned and very crisp on top.
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The government must adopt a rights-based approach that speaks to the needs and aspirations of surrogate mothers, children born out of surrogacy, and all individuals who want access to altruistic surrogacy services.
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I'm bad; I wear trainers with everything: with a dress, skirts, all of that.
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I always try to write the best I can.
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I live by a rulebook of eating alkaline - no meat, no dairy, no gluten, I try to stay away from sugar - but I'll cheat when I want to since I'm a bit of a foodie.
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Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.
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I enjoy what I do because it keeps evolving - when I was a cook, I wanted to be a chef de partie; when I was a chef de partie, I wanted to be a chef; when I was a chef, I wanted to be a restaurateur, and now I am a chef entrepreneur. I am still fulfilling my dream.
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Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.
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I try to conceal art with art.
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Honor is the same as credit; it's one's ability to keep ones promises, but also, in the case of a wrong, to 'get even'.
