A Quotes
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“A form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion.”
Source: The Anatomy of Fascism
“A form of self-delusion.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“A form wherein we can enjoy simultaneously what is best in both the novel and the short story form. My plan was to create a book that affords readers some of the novel's long-form pleasures but that also contains the short story's ability to capture what is so difficult about being human - the brevity of our moments, their cruel irrevocability.”
“A forma como nos vemos na hierarquia social parece determinar o grau de atenção que damos: mais vigilantes quando nos sentimos subordinados, menos quando nos sentimos superiores. Em suma, quanto mais nos preocupamos com alguém, mais atenção lhe prestamos – e quanto mais atenção lhe prestamos, mais nos preocupamos. A atenção entrelaça-se com o amor.”
Source: Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
“A forma como o cristianismo funciona assemelha como ratos são educados, ver o livro “Punidos Pelas Recompensas” por Alfie Kohn, esse livro é um dos pilares da CNV. Como Kohn abre o livro, esse forma era considerada eficaz para humanos, e ele desafia isso, de que a única forma de educar humanos é por recompensas e punições. Essa visão de mundo é baseado em um psicólogo muito influente na época, conhecido como psicologia comportamental.
O livro “Punidos Pelas Recompensas” de Alfie Kohn é uma crítica contundente ao uso de recompensas e punições como métodos de controle e motivação. Kohn argumenta que essas práticas, amplamente aceitas na educação e no ambiente de trabalho, podem ser prejudiciais e contraproducentes. Ele desafia a ideia de que a única maneira de educar e motivar seres humanos é através de recompensas e punições, uma visão fortemente influenciada pela psicologia comportamental.
Kohn sugere que, assim como os ratos são treinados com recompensas e punições, essa abordagem tem sido aplicada aos humanos, mas ele questiona sua eficácia e ética. Ele propõe alternativas que promovem a autonomia, a colaboração e a motivação intrínseca, alinhando-se com os princípios da Comunicação Não Violenta (CNV), que valoriza a empatia e a compreensão das necessidades humanas.”
Source: Seria a Bíblia um livro científico?: Por que a Bíblia Sagrada não deve ser levada a sério e como argumentar contra ela (Estudos Bíblicos para ateus 2)
“A formal and orderly conception of the whole is rarely present, perhaps even rarely possible, except to a few men of exceptional genius.”
“A formal education will give you knowledge; self-education will give you wisdom.”
“A formal invitation had just been delivered. Someone was summoning Langdon to unlock a mystical portal that would unveil a world of ancient mysteries and hidden knowledge.”
Source: The Lost Symbol
“A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence.”
“A formal parsing algorithm should not always be used.”
“A formal period in life where there isn’t the worry of another person’s dramas and insecurities can be of great advantage, especially when used for growing into the full and wholesome beings we intended to be when choosing to come to this material manifestation.
“Even after ending a long relationship or a marriage, it seems normal to have some alone-time to reflect, meditate, explore areas of interest, find meaning in one’s suffering and try to placate the void felt in the heart before attempting to enter into new relationships, otherwise the same old mistakes will surely re-emerge.
“Once we’re at the stage of life where we can stand our own silence, where we’ve made peace with our past, where we’ve accepted and grown from its lessons, and we would like to share our independence without becoming dependent on someone else for love and affection, then we can choose to commit to a two bodied intimate relationship.”
Source: Divine Union
“A formally harmonious product needs no decoration, it should be elevated through pure form.”
“A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal”
“A formation of geese majestically swept over my office as they flew out to feed in the local fields. And as they coursed their way into the promise of morning’s horizon, I was immediately reminded of how many things vie for my attention and consume my time that possess nothing of majesty and have no ability to fly.”
“A formative influence on my undergraduate self was the response of a respected elder statesmen of the Oxford Zoology Department when an American visitor had just publicly disproved his favourite theory. The old man strode to the front of the lecture hall, shook the American warmly by the hand and declared in ringing, emotional tones: "My dear fellow, I wish to thank you. I have been wrong these fifteen years." And we clapped our hands red. Can you imagine a Government Minister being cheered in the House of Commons for a similar admission? "Resign, Resign" is a much more likely response!”
“A former congressman on his sexting habit: I have made terrible mistakes. I have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends and supporters and the media.”
“A former exile who dabbles in alchemy and spent weeks in the employ of pirates. Yes, that sounds like someone they would want to mold the minds of the next generation.”
Source: The Priory of the Orange Tree
“A former Hollywood actor and a senior citizen when he first took the oath of office, Reagan was a revolutionary in many significant ways, but not necessarily in the fashion one might expect. His two terms, and the term of his successor as well, might well be described as the greatest chasm between image and reality that this country has ever witnessed.”
Source: Horror Films of the 1980s
“A former palace,' Joanna told her. 'Designed by a top Brazilian architect. I forget his name.' She looked it up. 'Oscar Niemeyer,' she said after a moment. 'Modernist. But this is meant to be more opulent than his usual stuff. Best hotel in Brazil...'
And then Nora saw a small crowd of people holding out their phones with outstretched arms, as if beggars with bowls, filming her arrival.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“A former Red Guard relates, “I believe many little girls and boys of my generation dreamed of being a geological prospector… Propaganda for recruiting young people to work in this area was very effective. When my neighbor’s daughter was accepted by the geology department of a prestigious university, we all envied her for her future prospects of an adventurous life.”
Source: Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China’s Era of High Socialism
“A former secretary of defense had once talked about how there were known knowns—the things we know that we know, like the sky is blue and the sun rises in the east. Then there were known unknowns, like what is the cure for cancer? But there were also unknown unknowns, and these were the most dangerous: things we don’t know we don’t know. The things that came out of the blue. The things you didn’t even know you had to prepare for.”
Source: Monster
“A formidable life-giving force that can be misused for destruction, the Qur’an needs to be handled with care. Given the stakes, this book aims to translate the Qur’an’s ideas in meaningful ways for popular audiences—mirroring the Qur’an’s own effort to convey a mindset of blossoming to people of all backgrounds.”
Source: The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy
“A formula can be very simple, and create a universe of bottomless complexity.”
“A formula for comedy is comedy equals tragedy plus time. A difficult or uncomfortable situation takes place, and then you laugh about it later down the road.”
“a fornicação (...) é a junção de dois mundos: do mundo do ruído e do mundo da palavra, do mundo do Homem e do animal, da natureza incompreensível e bruta e ainda do Homem que tenta compreender.”
Source: Um Homem: Klaus Klump
“A forte always makes a foible.”
Source: The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1854-1861
“a fortress against ideas and against the
Shuddering insidious shock of the theory-vendors
The little sardine men crammed in a monster toy
Who tilt their aggregate beast against our crumbling Troy.”
Source: Collected Poems
“A fortress is of no use to cowards.”
“A fortune can't be made from a single coin in the same way a forest can be grown from a single seed.”
“A fortune earned with merit lasts longer than a fortune earned by inheritance.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A fortune. Our freedom is worth a fortune.”
Source: Red Queen
“A fortune won in a day is lost in a day; a fortune won slowly, and slowly compacted, seems to acquire from the hand that won it the property of endurance.”
“A forty and a blunt, that's all she really wants.”
“A forty-foot worm?" Will muttered to Jem as they moved through the Italian garden, their boots - thanks to a pair of Soundless runes - making no noise on the gravel. "Think of the size of the fish we could catch." Jem's lips twitched. "It's not funny, you know." "It is a bit.”
Source: Clockwork Princess
“A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.”
“A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest with Greek he over-run ye, Procure the book for love or money, Translated from Boileau's translation, And quote quotation on quotation.”
“A forza di soffrire per te ho contratto un debito intellettuale nei confronti del tempo che attraverso. Sono un militante del pensiero critico. Mi attirano libri che fino a qualche tempo fa m’innervosivano solo a leggerne il titolo. Sei compatibile con tutto: con il privato, il pubblico, la politica, l’etica, l’estetica, la religione, la musica, la letteratura, il cinema, il teatro, l’informazione, la tecnologia, la pubblicità dei pannolini e persino quella delle macchine. Ogni cosa è compromessa con te. E io sono obbligato a speculare su tutto, perché tutto ti riguarda. Sei ovunque, tranne dove vorrei che fossi. Indovina dove.”
Source: Sono contrario alle emozioni
“A força da nossa vontade tem que ver com a vontade da nossa força. Porque a verdade é o que é pela sua justeza, mais o músculo anterior de quem a enuncia. Por isso é tão incompreensível a tolerância na juventude como a intolerância na velhice. Assim, a intolerância é um sinal de juventude de se ser um homem firme como na velhice é um sinal de se ser taralhouco. Assim a democracia não é o triunfo da juventude, a não ser como um terreno é o triunfo do que lá se cultiva. Porque a democracia não é uma “ideologia”, mas o caldo em que todas elas se podem desenvolver. Assim o que melhor a defende é que as ideologias perderam a semente do serem. Mas o que desse modo melhor a define a democracia na sua estabilidade e defesa contra o que a ameace, não é o convívio das várias ideologias, mas a indiferença em face de todas elas. Como na entropia, o regime que nos espera no limite do esperar, está para lá da democracia porque é a ausência de qualquer um. O homem não vai suicidar-se porque a vida sem razão não é razão para que o suicídio valha a pena. Honestamente, o homem vai continuar a morrer de “morte natural”. Mas talvez por inanição. Ou simplesmente de tédio, enquanto não achar um motivo que não o seja. E o tédio não se trata na psiquiatria, mas num sono em que se apodreça de bolor.”
Source: Pensar
“A fossil is so powerful. It's moving. This is my ancestor. The naturalist is moved by the fossil... not the cross.”
“A fost ca la șah, când faci o mișcare și, chiar în clipa în care îți iei degetul de pe piesă, îți dai seama de greșeala făcută și intri în panică, fiindcă nu cunoști încă dimensiunea dezastrului pe care l-ai provocat fără să vrei.”
Source: Never Let Me Go
“A fotografia, mais recentemente, transformou-se num divertimento tão praticado como o sexo e a dança, o que significa que, como todas as formas de arte de massas, a fotografia não é praticada pela maioria das pessoas como arte. É sobretudo um rito social, uma defesa contra a ansiedade e um instrumento de poder.”
Source: On photography
“A fotografia não se limita a reproduzir o real, recicla-o, o que constitui um processo-chave de uma sociedade moderna”
Source: On photography
“A fotografia é um álibi, um pretexto para ver tudo, para ir a todos os lugares e comunicar silenciosamente com o mundo.”
“A foul feeling will wrinkle my nose as fast as a good one will have me sniffing around to find more. - The Malwatch”
“A foul stench will waft in waves from every alley where rubbish has been dumped.”
Source: Human Acts
“A foul-mouthed oaf, a drunken laborer lying in a drain, a beaten wife with blackened eyes and torn clothes, cannot be made romantic to a child who sees how other children suffer from bad-tempered parents, from drunken fathers to termagant mothers.”
Source: Except the Lord: A Novel
“A found family is every bit as beautiful as a born family. Even more so, perhaps. Stories are about choices, after all, and to choose to be family is as wonderful a story as can be told.”
Source: The Midnight Children
“A foundation in Christ was and is always to be a protection in days "when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you." In such days as we are now in--and will more or less always be in--the storms of life "shall have no power over you... because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall." (Helaman 5:12)”
“A foundation is a large amount of money completely surrounded by people who want some.”
“A founder isn't blinded by the conventional wisdom of the present, they've recognised the patterns of the past and see the clues to the future, now”