- Duquesne University
- University of Vermont
- New York University
- Florida State University
- CSU Los Angeles
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Daily Archives: February 2, 2025
Five American Universities
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Narratives do a lot to drive what our world looks like. They shape how we see ourselves, how we see our fellow citizens, how our elected officials see us—and what they do in reaction to those narratives can have far-reaching consequences.
~ Jerusalem Demsas via The Atlantic
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Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
~ Peter Drucker
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There is only one valid definition of a business purpose: to create a customer.
~ Peter Drucker
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There is something inescapably bovine about an American tourist in motion as part of a group. A certain greedy placidity about them. Us, rather. In port we automatically become Peregrinator americanusy Die Lumpenamerikaner. The Ugly Ones.
~ David Foster Wallace
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Throughout most of history, religious institutions were able to impose pro-fertility norms. But the causal relationship is reciprocal and the dominant direction can be reversed: if pro-fertility norms come to be seen as outmoded and repressive, their rejection also brings rejection of religion.
~ Ronald Inglehart
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