#nu

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture still more teachers. ↗

— Simone Weil

#instrument #manufacture #more #still #teachers

I am announcing my resignation from Congress so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and most importantly that my wife and I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#announcing #back #caused #choose #colleagues

Last Friday night, I Twitted a photograph of myself that I intended to send as a direct message as part of a joke to a woman in Seattle. Once I realized I posted to Twitter I panicked, I took it down and said that I had been hacked. I then continued with that story, to stick to that story which was a hugely regrettable mistake. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#continued #direct #down #friday #friday night

The stone which Jacob consecrated at Bethel the generation of the living continues to anoint, paying the tithes which of old he vowed to the house of God there. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#consecrated #continues #generation #god #house

I am more fond of achieving than striving. My theories must prove to be facts or be discarded as worthless. My efforts must soon be crowned with success, or discontinued. ↗

— Carolyn Wells

#am #crowned #discarded #discontinued #efforts

After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#be true #begin #even #great #great number

China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world for its art and culture, one that continues to grow. I can, however, tell people that it is a show with no actor. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#appetite #around #art #booming #china

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#barbarity #been #country #during #effort

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#aspects #being #challenge #continue #countryside

Also at the top of the list was my three day appearance on 'Press Your Luck'. In addition to the intense competition of each of those games, it slowly started to dawn on me in the minutes between tapings that I was winning some serious money. ↗

— Randy West

#also #appearance #between #competition #dawn