“When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.” IfsWayWritingPastProcessPayCommitmentConsequencePaidPreparedInterfereWriting ProcessLiving My LifeI Live My Life Author:Taslima Nasrin
“We believe we are entitled to the gift of the Holy Ghost in extent according to the discretion and wisdom of God and our faithfulness; which gift brings all things to our remembrance, past, present, and to come, that are necessary for us to know, and as far as our minds are prepared to receive the knowledge of God revealed by that all-wise Agent. The Holy Ghost is God's minister, and is delegated to visit the sons and daughters of men. All intelligent beings pertaining to this earth are instructed from the same source.” KnowsMenMindBelieveEarthPastWiseSonSourceHolyDaughterAll ThingsIntelligentPreparedGhostAgentsMinistersEntitledRemembranceFaithfulnessDiscretionHoly GhostPast PresentKnowledge Of GodSon And Daughter Author:Brigham Young
“Liberalism is the philosophy for our time, because it does not try to conserve every tradition of the past, because it does not apply to new problems the old doctrinaire solutions, because it is prepared to experiment and innovate and because it knows that the past is less important than the future.” KnowsTryingDoeImportantPhilosophyProblemPastSolutionsTraditionPreparedExperimentsOur TimeLiberalism Author:Pierre Trudeau
“To the extent that sacrifices need to be made, shouldn't the people who've made out like bandits this past generation be first in line? The problem with getting out of the slump is that we need to spend more. It's not that somebody needs to spend less. We have idle workers who have the skills and the willingness to work. We have idle factories. Dealing with this is not about saying somebody needs to suffer. It's saying that we need to be prepared to open the taps.” PeopleNeedsFirstsMadeProblemPastSufferingLinesGenerationsSacrificeSkillsPreparedWorkersWillingnessFactoriesIdleBe PreparedBanditsSlumpsPast Generations Author:Paul Krugman
“Our understanding of the thought of the past is liable to be the more adequate, the less the historian is convinced of the superiority of his own point of view, or the more he is prepared to admit the possibility that he may have to learn something, not merely about the thinkers of the past, but from them.” MayPastUnderstandingViewsPossibilityPreparedPoint Of ViewConvincedThinkerHistorianSuperiorityAdequateLiable Book:What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies Source: What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies
“If it had taught them nothing else, twenty years of living past high school had taught them self-preservation. ... No one was going to risk putting his ego on the line; they would come prepared with dates, flattering clothes, and a well-rehearsed, carefully edited biography. They would all be kind to each other. High school was enough torture for one lifetime.” IfsYearsWellsKindSelfEnoughSchoolPastLinesRiskTaughtEgoClothesHigh SchoolTwentiesPreparedLifetimeTortureBe KindBiographiesPreservationFlatteringSelf PreservationEdited Author:Sharyn McCrumb
“After much soul searching I was able to renounce my past Islamist ideology, challenging everything I was once prepared to die for.” SoulAblePastDiesChallengesPreparedIdeologySoul SearchingMy PastRenounceIslamists Author:Maajid Nawaz