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Once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is. #HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

"كيف يمكن ألا يستطيع الإنسان أن يسير إلى ملكه الخاص؟ أن يزور قبر زوجته؟ أن يأكل ثمار أربعين جيلاً من كدح أسلافه من دون أن يعاقب بالموت رمياً بالرصاص؟ على نحو ما، لم يكن هذا السؤال الفجّ القاسي قد نفذ سابقاً إلي وعي اللاجئين الذين شوشتهم أبدية الانتظار، معلقين آمالهم على قرارات دولية نظرية" "How can a person not be able to walk to their own realm? To visit the spouse's grave? To eat the fruits of forty generations of the ancestors' toil without being punished by death by firing squad? In a way, this harsh, blunt question had not previously penetrated the consciousness of the refugees, who were bewildered by the eternity of waiting, pinning their hopes on hypothetical international decisions." ― Susan Abulhawa, in "Mornings in Jenin" (2006) poke @palestine@fedibird.com#exile #refugees #israelPalestine #PalestinianLivesMatter #OPT #WestBank #ethnicCleansing #RightToReturn #quotes #bookStodon #book

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. -- Rebecca West (The Clarion, 1913) #feminism #quotes

Once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is. #HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

"The chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied ... Look at me: I design coastlines. I got an award for Norway." #HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

"This must be Thursday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays." #HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners.

• Edward Abbey

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"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed," Marvin said. #HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

"I'd far rather be happy than right any day." "And are you?" "No, that's where it all falls down, of course." "Pity," said Arthur with sympathy. "It sounded like quite a good lifestyle otherwise." #HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

A quotation from Molly Ivins You have more political power than 99 percent of all the people who have ever lived on this planet. You can not only vote, you can register other people to vote, round up your friends, get out and do political education, talk to people, laugh with people, call the radio, write the paper, write your elected representatives, use your email list, put up signs, march, volunteer, and raise hell. All your life, no matter what else you do — butcher, baker, beggarman, thief / doctor, lawyer, Indian chief — you have another job, another responsibility: You are a citizen. It is an obligation that requires attention and effort. Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins] Essay (2004), Introduction, Who Let the Dogs In? More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85973/ #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #activism #citizen #civicduty #civicvirtue #politicalpower #politics #power #protest #society #voting

People of Earth, your attention, please. This is Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council. As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your star system. And regrettably, your planet is one of those scheduled for demolition. The process will take slightly less than two of your Earth minutes. Thank you. #HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

So everything was going well, was it? Everything was working out as if the most extraordinary luck was on his side? Well, he'd see about that. In a spirit of scientific inquiry he hurled himself out of the window again. #HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. -- Albert Camus ⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertCamus #Charity ⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Morning #Mists #Fogbow #LakeSantaFe #Florida

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld ‘Tis a small misfortune to oblige an ungrateful man; but it is unbearable to be obliged by a scoundrel.   [Ce n’est pas un grand malheur d’obliger des ingrats, mais c’en est un insupportable d’être obligé à un malhonnête homme.] François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶317 (1665-1678) [tr. Bund/Friswell (1871)] More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra… #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #debt #favor #gratitude #hardship #ingratitude #jerk #knave #misfortune #obligation #returnfavors #scoundrel

A quotation from Terry Pratchett    What have I always believed?    That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, more or less, turn out all right. Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author Discworld No. 13, Small Gods [Fri’it] (1992) More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/4519… #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #pratchett #discworld #smallgods #goodbehavior #belief #conduct #conscience #doinggood #ethics #goodlife #integrity #karma #life #virtue

It is said that your life flashes before your eyes before you die. That is true, it's called Life. #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

A quotation from Samuel Johnson It may be said that disease generally begins that equality which death completes; the distinctions which set one man so much above another are very little perceived in the gloom of a sick chamber. Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic Essay (1750-09-01), The Rambler, No. 48 More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/25671… #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #leveling #death #disease #equality #humancondition #humanity #illness #mortality

“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.” ~ Walter Lippmann #quotes #dailylife #wisdom #WalterLippmann

A quotation from Kerry Greenwood    “I always found faith a great comfort. Otherwise it is too much, Phryne. Too cruel. To think that all the lads, all those boys, were just gone, blown out like candles. Don’t you agree?”    “I do,” said Phryne. “I like to think of them sitting down with all their mates to a serious drinking session, washed clean of mud and stench, all shiny and jolly. And if that doesn’t constitute heaven, I’m not going; though, of course, I might not have the option.” Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer Phryne Fisher Book 20, Murder and Mendelssohn, ch. 7 (2013) More about this quote: wist.info/greenwood-kerry/8612… #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kerrygreenwood #missfisher #phrynefisher #afterlife #casualties #fatalities #heaven #war #wwi

A quotation from Doctor Who    THE DOCTOR: Adric, I give you a privileged insight into the mystery of time, yes?    ADRIC: Yes.    THE DOCTOR: Open your mind to adventures beyond imagining, yes?    ADRIC: Yes.    THE DOCTOR: And you criticize my logic?    ADRIC: No. No, I’m just saying that a lot of the time you don’t really make sense.    THE DOCTOR: Ah. Ah! Oh, you’ve noticed that, have you? Well, I mean, anyone can talk sense. As long as that’s understood, you and I are going to get on splendidly. Doctor Who (1963–1989) British science fiction television series, original run (BBC) 18X06 “The Keeper of Traken,” Part 1 (1981-01-31) [w. Johnny Byrne] More about this quote: wist.info/doctor-who-1963/8611… #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #doctorwho #fourthdoctor #criticism #doctorwho #ingratitude #logic #makesense