Quotation of the day for February 22, 2017

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Quotation of the Day for February 22, 2017 "Of these things perhaps we might learn, he said. Neoliberalism vulgarized time, he said, but, he said, vulgarity is a geared wheel itself so against it do we deploy a slow watermill or acid guano or a stone wedge?" - China Mieville, from his short story The Dusty Hat, printed in his collection, Three Moments of an Explosion. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 21, 2017

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Quotation of the day for February 4, 2017

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Quotation of the Day for February 4, 2017 "Hard-liners, despite their nationalities, political arguments and wars, regard and understand the world in very much the same way. In order to understand the world, they have no choice but to regard it via an "us and them" mentality, which they use to create a fearful image of "them" and inflict fear in the people of their own countries. "This is not just limited to the United States; in my country hardliners are the same. For years on both sides of the ocean, groups of hardliners have tried to present to their people unrealistic and fearful images of various nations and cultures in order to turn their differences into disagreements, their disagreements into enmities and their enmities into fears. Instilling fear in the people is an important tool used to justify extremist and fanatic behavior by narrow-minded individuals." - Asghar Farhadi, Iranian film director, from a letter discussing his not attending the Oscar award ceremonies this year. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/movies/trump-immigration-oscars-iranian-director-asghar-farhadi.html?_r=0] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Feb. 3, 2017

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Quotation of the day for February 2, 2017

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Quotation of the Day for February 2, 2017 "Shut up, you fools! You lie like the Devil! You're all as dumb as stones!...I know what lying means. The weakling --and whoever is a parasite to his own weakness--they both need lies. But the man who is free, who is strong-he needs no lies. Truth is the religion of the free man..." - Maxim Gorky, from The Lower Depths. Submitted by: Patsy Wang-Iverson Jan. 13, 2017

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