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TCS: Rather Deaf Than Blind?
“Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.”
“There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless.’
Everything that needs to be said has
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TCS: Wide Vistas of Improbability Become Possible
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“Here we are, the most clever species
ever to have lived. So how is it we can
destroy the only planet we have?”
― Jane Goodall
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Make wars unprofitable and
you make them impossible.
― A. Philip Randolph,
American labor unionist
and civil rights activist
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Morning Open Thread: This is for Ruth, who “just forgot myself.”
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“… non-interference in the name of marital harmony
quickly became an accepted feature of the criminal
justice system. Instead of punishing domestic abusers,
family courts encourage reconciliation. They also insisted
family conflict, including violence, should remain private.”
― Marcia A. Zug, Family Law professor
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Leaving is so hard because your
confidence is destroyed, you feel trapped.
Nothing will ever feel as bad as this …
You are worth so much more than this.
― Valerie, Domestic Abuse Survivor
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No man can live happily who regards himself alone,
who turns everything to his own advantage.
― Seneca, Ancient Roman philosopher
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TCS: Let There Be Peace – So the Broken Can Rise Up and Dance
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“Kindness has no religion.
Religions are like narrow tracks
but kindness is like an open sky.”
― Amit Ray,
Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
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If man does find the solution for world peace
it will be the most revolutionary reversal
of his record we have ever known.
– George C. Marshall,
whose ‘Marshall Plan’ helped restore
Europe, including Germany, after WWII
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TCS: The Value of Bright Shiny Objects and The Meaning of We
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“We make a living by what we get.
We make a life by what we give.”
— Winston Churchill,
UK Prime Minister during WWII
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“Human kindness has never weakened
the stamina or softened the fiber of
a free people. A nation does not
have to be cruel to be tough.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt,
U.S. President (1933-1945)
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TCS: Once the World Was Perfect
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“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
― Henry Louis Gates Jr, author of
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
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“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve
our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men
reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries
should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the
facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms.
Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.
For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of
our security as well as our liberty.”
― John F. Kennedy,
Saturday Review, October 1960 issue
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TCS: Robots Playing Soccer With Your Soul
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“There are times in life when people must know when not to
let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.”
― Terry Pratchett
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“How does one grow up?”
I asked a friend the other day.
There was a slight pause; then
she answered, “By thinking.”
― May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude
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TCS: Awed By the Power of Words
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“We live and breathe words …. It was books that made
me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone.
They could be honest with me, and I with them …”
– Cassandra Claire, ‘Clockwork Prince’
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“Read, read, read. Read everything —
trash, classics, good and bad, and
see how they do it. Just like a carpenter
who works as an apprentice and studies
the master. Read! You’ll absorb it.
Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out.
If it’s not, throw it out of the window.”
― William Faulkner
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TCS: Oh to Walk My Way With Kindness
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It is easier to oppose evil from
the beginning than at the end.
—Leonardo da Vinci
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“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are
not proving him a liar, you’re only telling
the world that you fear what he might say.”
― George R.R. Martin,
A Clash of Kings
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TCS: Everything That Can’t Be Owned
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Poetry has never been the language of barriers,
it’s always been the language of bridges.
– Amanda Gorman
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“Once a government is committed to the principle
of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one
way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly
repressive measures, until it becomes a source of
terror to all its citizens and creates a country
where everyone lives in fear.”
– Harry S. Truman,
33rd U.S. President
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