#loc

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#block #granite #obstacle #pathway #stepping-stone

Anything is better than stagnation. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#sherlock-holmes

What people still do not like to admit is that there were two crimes in the form of one. Just as the destruction of Jewry was the necessary condition for the rise and expansion of Nazism, so the ethnic cleansing of Germans was a precondition for the Stalinization of Poland. I first noticed this point when reading an essay by the late Ernest Gellner, who at the end of the war had warned Eastern Europeans that collective punishment of Germans would put them under Stalin's tutelage indefinitely. They would always feel the guilty need for an ally against potential German revenge. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#eastern-european #ernest-gellner #ethnic-cleansing #genocide #germans

There are things God does for me daily, and it throws me into brain lock, because I know in my heart I don't deserve that kind of grace. I don't deserve that break. ↗

— Willie Aames

#brain #break #daily #deserve #does

Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#down #pile #sees #tear #toddler

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help. ↗

— Alvin Adams

#help #how #local #malicious #matter

Everything I own can fit in two suitcases and a foot locker. ↗

— GG Allin

#fit #foot #i #locker #own

Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to be. When I was moving around with the lens, I discovered things that the naked eye would not have. ↗

— Pedro Almodovar

#around #arrive #best #discovered #eye

Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong watchdog function at the local level to ensure safeguards against abuse, chicanery, and outright dishonesty. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#abuse #against #care #chicanery #democracy

State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21. ↗

— Charles Foster Bass

#assistance #children #educate #employment #federal