We were not deceived by the professions of the private adventurer, — the louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life, 1860
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Artigos da categoria “Outras Coisas”
I am having my few great days of the year when there is no one around and I can really breathe — I don’t know why people disturb me so much — They make me feel like a hobbled horse.
—Georgia O’Keeffe, carta para Sherwood Anderson em 11 de Junho de 1924
Because the Iran you see from the inside… is a very different place than the Iran you know from the news. Nowhere else I’ve been has the disconnect been so extreme between what one sees and feels from the people and what one sees and hears from the government.
—Anthony Bourdain, Anthony Bourdain shone a different light on the Middle East, CNN, 2018
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
—George Orwell, 1984, 1949