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“I tend to be a real optimist because I just find that pessimism is an indulgence and despair is kind of an insult to the imagination. And you know my father always said just do what you need to do and then ask whether it was possible or permissible.”
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“If everyone just sweeps outside their door, the whole village will be clean,” Merkel said sometimes, quoting Goethe.”
― The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
― The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
“Never trust someone who tells good stories, not until you know why they're doing it.”
― A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
― A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
“Luxury is best appreciated in small portions. When it becomes routine it loses its allure.”
― Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
― Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
“People are used to hearing a certain kind of narrative – the world is unfair, racist, biased, and the primary concern we should have is that these are systems that oppress us – systemic racism, sexism, and so on. It’s amazing how much this passes as a truth.” Jamil Jivani”
― Why Young Men: Rage, Race and the Crisis of Identity
― Why Young Men: Rage, Race and the Crisis of Identity
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