“One of the author's most ancient roles is to call the community to account for its hypocrisies and bad faith.” CommunityRolesAccountsAncientHypocrisy Book:Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings Source: Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings
“Maya Jasanoff's Liberty's Exiles places the loyalist experience and the aftermath of the American Revolution in an entirely new light. Alongside the Spirit of 1776, Jasanoff gives us the Spirit of 1783, dedicated to remaking the mighty British Empire, and then offers a stunning reinterpretation of the Loyalists' complicated role in that remaking. Her meticulously researched and superbly written account is historical revision at its finest, and it affirms her place as one of the very finest historians of the rising generation.” GivingLightSpiritLibertyRolesWrittenGenerationsRevolutionOffersAccountsHistoricalComplicatedBritishRisingEmpiresHistorianDedicatedFinestExileAmerican RevolutionStunningBritish EmpireRevisionAftermathLoyalistsReinterpretation Author:Sean Wilentz
“We have to prepare for what life could become in 40 years. We need to outline what is possible and what is impossible with the non-renewable resources of the Earth. What role will technological improvement play? Taking all this into account, what kind of life can we produce in the best way for 10 billion people? That's a problem that needs to be solved.” PeopleWayNeedsYearsKindPlayProblemEarthRolesImpossibleProduceResourcesAccountsBillionsImprovementBest WayTechnologicalOutlinesRenewable Resources Author:Jacques Yves Cousteau
“I'm open to doing any kind of role and any kind of genre as long as it's interesting and as long as I feel it could be a great character to play. I never take into my own personal opinions or my own public image into account when I chose movie roles.” FeelsKindLongPlayCharacterMy OwnInterestingOpinionRolesAccountsGenreGreat CharacterPersonal OpinionsPublic Image Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“Easterly, a celebrated economist, presents one side in what has become an ongoing debate with fellow star-economist Jeffrey Sachs about the role of international aid in global poverty. Easterly argues that existing aid strategies have not and will not reduce poverty, because they don't seriously take into account feedback from those who need the aid and because they perpetuate western colonial tendencies.” NeedsStarsSidesPovertyRolesAccountsFellowsStrategyWesternInternationalAidsArguingDebateTendenciesEconomistFeedbackOngoingGlobal Poverty Author:Amy Lockwood
“Information obtained under dubious circumstances cannot play a role in legal proceedings in a constitutional state. But everything that's available must be taken into account in threat prevention.” StatesPlayRolesTakenInformationCircumstancesAccountsThreatAvailablePreventionProceedingDubious Author:Angela Merkel
“The role of the opposition leader differs from that of the chancellor. If this government is to be successful, I have to take the emotional state of all partners into account. Besides, the Social Democrats didn't exactly present me with the motto "Let us dare to have more freedom" on a silver platter.” IfsStatesGovernmentSocialLeaderRolesSuccessfulEmotionalAccountsDemocratDarePartnersBeing SuccessfulOppositionSilverMottoSilver Platter Author:Angela Merkel
“Since all human governments, like all human individuals, are subject to temptation, especially the temptation to use this God-given role for their own ends, there must be clear and wise critique, and holding to account.” HumansEndsUseGovernmentIndividualGivenRolesClearWiseSubjectsAccountsTemptationCritique Author:N. T. Wright
“The argument goes that the pay gap only exists because of women's 'choices' of work type, hours, and child related career breaks, effectively making it a myth. But research shows that while those are factors, they don't account for the whole gap, suggesting that discrimination certainly plays a role as well.” WellsChildrenPlayWholeShowsChoicesHoursPayCareersRolesBreakTypeResearchArgumentAccountsMythDiscriminationFactorsRelatedGapsSuggestingPay Gap Author:Laura Bates
“The asymmetry of time, the arrow that points from past to future, plays an unmistakable role in our everyday lives: it accounts for why we cannot turn an omelet into an egg, why ice cubes never spontaneously unmelt in a glass of water, and why we remember the past but not the future. And the origin of the asymmetry we experience can be traced all the way back to the orderliness of the universe near the big bang. Every time you break an egg, you are doing observational cosmology.” WayPlayBigsPastRememberTimeTurnsUniverseWaterRolesBreakAccountsEverydayGlassesIceEggsEveryday LifeBangsArrowsCosmologyCubesRemembering The PastOmeletsOrderlinessAsymmetry Author:Sean M. Carroll
“Today, nothing is unusual about a scientific discovery's being followed soon after by a technical application: The discovery of electrons led to electronics; fission led to nuclear energy. But before the 1880's, science played almost no role in the advances of technology. For example, James Watt developed the first efficient steam engine long before science established the equivalence between mechanical heat and energy.” FirstsLongTodayScienceEnergyRolesTechnologyExampleDiscoveryAccountsNuclearHeatApplicationUnusualEnginesEfficientSteamElectronsElectronicsScientific DiscoveryNuclear EnergySteam EnginesFissionNuclear FissionJames WattNuclear Technology Book:Memoirs: A Twentieth Century Journey in Science and Politics Source: Memoirs: A Twentieth Century Journey in Science and Politics