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 had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of it saying I hadn't learned a thing I didn't know before about morals and what is right or wrong in human conduct.
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Going to work is probably my favorite thing to do. I do that five days a week for probably ten hours a day, but it doesn't even feel like work and it shouldn't. When you enjoy a job so much like I do, it's not work, it's play.
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There are two things that will blemish a retainer, and these are riches and honor. If one but remains in strained circumstances, he will not be marred.
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Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people around us as the beautiful image-bearing creatures that they are.
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Those animals which are incapable of making binding agreements with one another not to inflict nor suffer harm are without either justice or injustice; and likewise for those peoples who either could not or would not form binding agreements not to inflict nor suffer harm. (32)
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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'.
