Zygmunt Bauman Quotes
Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.
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Daniel was a wonderful and trustworthy partner. And a fine prankster as well.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
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You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.
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Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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Companies are hiring cosplayers to be promotional spokes models for them. There are cosplayers trying to develop a cult following even though they've only been cosplaying for less than a year or two. It's all about the social media or Facebook likes.
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This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community.
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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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I don't have a very quick sense of humor.
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Slaving gave rise to a division of labor.
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I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness.
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I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone.
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Everyone has all the power of a bank branch in the palm of their hand. And so in that world of software at scale, theoretically the incremental unit cost of something at scale approaches zero.
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Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.
