#aware

In a world of chance is there a better and a worse? We yield to a stranger's embrace or give ourselves to the waves; for the blink of an eyelid our vigilance relaxes; we are asleep; and when we awake, we have lost the direction of our lives. What are these blinks of an eyelid, against which the only defence is an eternal and inhuman wakefulness? Might they not be the cracks and chinks through which another voice, other voices, speak in our lives? By what right do we close our ears to them? (Susan Barton) ↗

— J.M. Coetzee

#others #philosophy #self-awareness #susan-barton #life

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

#become #behalf #better #better understood #broader

My employer was never at any time aware of anything in my past beyond the writing I did, because, frankly, it isn't relevant to the job I was asked to do, which was to be a reporter. ↗

— Jeff Gannon

#anything #asked #aware #because #beyond

One of the most important accomplishments of the Caucus is raising awareness with law enforcement and communities nationwide on the issues of child safety and Internet safety. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#awareness #caucus #child #communities #enforcement

The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country to fall victim to nuclear weapons, and for each individual to express their refusal to continue living in the shadow of the threat they pose. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#arouse #awareness #conscience #continue #country

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#self-awareness #self-confidence #self-esteem #self-love #change

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands. ↗

— Spiro T. Agnew

#american people #aware #concentration #fewer #great

I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business. ↗

— Colin Baker

#aware #business #doctor #else #fact

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#aware #be happy #become #fright #happy

The forms of my awareness are richer than yours. ↗

— Hans Bender

#forms #richer #than #yours