David Graeber Quotes
The man who won the argument, however, was John Locke, the Liberal philosopher, at that time acting as advisor to Sir Isaac Newton, then Warden of the Mint. Locke insisted that one can no more make a small piece of silver worth more by relabeling it a 'shilling' than one can make a short man taller by declaring there are now fifteen inches in a foot.
David Graeber
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In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.
Vera Farmiga
I sing all the time. But maybe nobody's hearing it, because I'm singing in my car or in my house or whatever. I don't need the roar of the crowd, and I don't need to hear cheers to feel validated.
Natalie Maines
I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and the rest of us get to play 'Blue Moon' in a hotel lobby.
Barbara Kingsolver
The ideas and practices of Franz Anton Mesmer, an 18th-century Australian healer, had spread to the United States and, by the 1840s, held the country in thrall. Mesmer proposed that everything in the universe, including the human body, was governed by a 'magnetic fluid' that could become imbalanced, causing illness.
Karen Abbott
If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
Rachel True
Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
Yanis Varoufakis
Crucially, I'd like to thank Labour party members up and down the country for sticking with us. For their active citizenship, their willingness to engage in our democracy, and for being there at the cutting edge of making our democracy work.
David Blunkett
The most effective weapon against crime is cooperation... The efforts of all law enforcement agencies with the support and understanding of the American people.
J. Edgar Hoover
I write for a lot of places, so I'm on a lot of promo lists.
John Darnielle
I positively encourage time abroad to anybody. It's worth taking the time to suss out which countries in the world are well funded for your subject and look for opportunities there.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I experienced bullying a lot. I was an only child, and I was kind of a small kid with a big mouth, and so I always got myself in trouble.
Mark Foster
Foster the People
The man who won the argument, however, was John Locke, the Liberal philosopher, at that time acting as advisor to Sir Isaac Newton, then Warden of the Mint. Locke insisted that one can no more make a small piece of silver worth more by relabeling it a 'shilling' than one can make a short man taller by declaring there are now fifteen inches in a foot.
David Graeber
