Thursday, July 4, 2013
Quotation from "The Wire"
"Couple weeks from now, you're gonna be in some district somewhere with 11 or 12 uniforms looking to you for everything. And some of them are gonna be good police. Some of them are gonna be young and stupid. A few are gonna be pieces of sh*t. But all of them will take their cue from you. You show loyalty, they learn loyalty. You show them it's about the work, it'll be about the work. You show them some other kinda game, then that's the game they'll play. I came on in the Eastern, and there was a piece-of-sh*t lieutenant hoping to be a captain, piece-of-sh*t sergeants hoping to be lieutenants. Pretty soon we had piece-of-sh*t patrolmen trying to figure the job for themselves. And some of what happens then is hard as hell to live down. Comes a day you're gonna have to decide whether it's about you or about the work." - Daniels
Monday, February 13, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Blessed
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons and daughters of God.
Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons and daughters of God.
Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
David Foster Wallace Quote
"Dullness is associated with psychic pain because something that's dull or opaque fails to provide enough stimulation to distract people from some other, deeper type of pain that is always there," namely the existential knowledge "that we are tiny and at the mercy of large forces and that time is always passing and that every day we've lost one more day that will never come back."
from the 'The Pale King" book review by M. Kakutani.
from the 'The Pale King" book review by M. Kakutani.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Freeman Dyson Quotation
"The public has a distorted view of science, because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries. Wherever we go exploring in the world around us, we find mysteries. Our planet is covered by continents and oceans whose origin we cannot explain. Our atmosphere is constantly stirred by poorly understood disturbances that we call weather and climate. The visible matter in the universe is outweighed by a much larger quantity of dark invisible matter that we do not understand at all. The origin of life is a total mystery, and so is the existence of human consciousness. We have no clear idea how the electrical discharges occurring in nerve cells in our brains are connected with our feelings and desires and actions."
(via Boingboing.net)
Friday, February 25, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
RSA Animate: Smile or Die
Interesting, provocative, and slightly contratrian talk by Barbara Ehrenreich
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