Left identitarians who think of themselves as radical creatures, contesting this and transgressing that, have become like buttoned-up Protestant schoolmarms when it comes to the English language, parsing every conversation for immodest locutions and rapping the knuckles of those who inadvertently use them.
~ Mark Lilla
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
~ Anton Chekhov
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To know how to recognize an opportunity in war, and take it, benefits you more than anything else.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand. A doctrine that is understood is shorn of its strength.
~ Eric Hoffer
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There is nothing sacred about universality which makes the shared automatically better than the unshared.
~ Richard Rorty
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When the red carpets didn’t welcome him, Steve Bannon found an alternative stage. He embraced Carhartt cosplay, grew out the hair, and declared himself a champion of “the people.” But make no mistake — he never stopped living like royalty. His personal life was padded by old Goldman money. The bank account never left Bel Air. The Rolex never came off.
~ John Mac Ghlionn via The Hill
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