#sent

Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which takes wonder and magic out of the novel, treats not the past but the present. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#begins #end #jane #jane austen #line

If our language, our programs, our creations are not strongly present in the new media, the young generation of our country will be economically and culturally marginalized. ↗

— Jacques Chirac

#creations #culturally #economically #generation #language

The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#beauty #edge #evidence #high #high art

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#essential #existence #freedom #human #human existence

As fighting in Iraq intensifies, President Bush delivered his supplemental war budget to Congress. The money will cover 30 days of fighting, then we'll be sent one war every other month until we cancel our subscription. ↗

— Craig Kilborn

#bush #cancel #congress #cover #days

Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#life #moment #plenty #present #present moment

Today, the biggest challenge we must meet is the one we present to ourselves. To not become a nation that places entitlement ahead of accomplishment. To not become a country that places comfortable lies ahead of difficult truths. To not become a people that thinks so little of ourselves that we demand no sacrifice from each other. ↗

— Chris Christie

#ahead #become #biggest #biggest challenge #challenge

I think the Caribbean countries face rising oceans and they face increase in the severity of hurricanes. This is something that is very, very scary to all of us. The island states in the world represent - I remember this number - one-half of 1 percent of the carbon emissions in the world. And they will - some of them will disappear. ↗

— Steven Chu

#caribbean #countries #disappear #emissions #face

I'm looking for a bunch of new tchotchkes that represent the new part of my life. ↗

— Sally Field

#i #life #looking #my life #new

You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present. ↗

— Sally Field

#behavior #habitual #here #lose #now