#sf

The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak of a heart - of the media torrent. Chronic dissatisfaction is at the heart of the matter. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#chronic #desire #dissatisfaction #heart #manufacture

Today I still feel like the most illiterate person ever to have roamed the campuses of Wellesley and Harvard, where I later transferred. I remain intimidated by all the books I haven't read, but over the years I've come to realize that being a student is a lifelong adventure. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#being #books #campuses #come #ever

Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people. ↗

— George P. Shultz

#i #i am #just #know #oh

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#fought #greatest #i #reality #successfully

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#arises #calm #comes #desire #desires

Daytime has been successful all these years because it caters to a very real need in the audience - to see something that's not nighttime fantasy. People watch daytime because it's like their lives. ↗

— Erika Slezak

#because #been #daytime #fantasy #like

More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#back #break #concerning #england #europe

My personal assessment is that Dr. King is the greatest American we have ever produced. I can argue for Lincoln, I can argue for FDR, but for my money, King is the greatest American we have ever produced. His only weapon was love. He transforms a nation, transforms the world with one weapon and that of course being again the weapon of love. So that for me, King is the quintessential example of everything that I could ever want to be in my lifetime. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#american #argue #assessment #being #could

With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#child #could #destined #different #doing

Transformation in the world happens when people are healed and start investing in other people. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#healed #investing #other #people #start