“For a decade Americans have been steeped in the rhetoric of "zero tolerance" and the faith that virtually all problems from drug addiction to lousy teaching can be solved by pouring on the punishment. Even without a Commander in Chief who pledges to rid the world of evildoers, smoke them out of their holes and the like, we would be vulnerable to the temptation to brush aside frustrating complexities and relieve intolerable fear (at least for the moment) by settling on one or more scapegoats to crush. To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake.” WorldHas BeensMomentsProblemWould BeMistakeFantasyImagineTeachingDangerousDrugAddictionCastsTraumaDecadesTolerancePunishmentHolesTemptationVulnerableChiefsSmokeSettlingComplexityCrushZeroImagine ThatRhetoricBrushesFrustratingCommandersPledgePouringDrug AddictionDrug AddictCommander In ChiefScapegoatZero Tolerance Author:Ellen Willis
“by the general love of scandal and detraction in Dublin, one might reasonably imagine they were all to feed themselves through the holes which they had made in the characters of others.” MadeCharacterMightImagineHolesGossipScandalDublin Book:Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington Source: Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
“I think that hope, that ability to envision, to imagine a better way, and then to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a hole, is the way to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.” ThinkingWayCountryLife IsCommunityAbilityImagineHolesClimbsBetter LifeBetter Ways Author:Deval Patrick
“I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.” BlackImagineWorstHolesCharacteristicsPessimistGood CharacterBlack Hole Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“We didn't have a drill so he would burn the holes through the wood with a metal rod that he heated up in a fire. Can you imagine an ordinary crew doing that?” FireImagineOrdinaryWoodsHolesMetalsCrewDrills Author:Marc Singer