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I should very much like to buy bread from this Egyptian baker. I was nearly in tears by the end of it. Stopped in my running tracks, literally. I recommend listening to the rest of the segment that contains it, linked below.

Taken from the March 14 edition of the BBC Radio 3 Arts and Ideas podcast.

Tagged: #Egypt #democracy #dictators #freedom #politics #wisdom

Notes. Permalink. Sat, Mar 19th 2011, 7:55 PM (∞).

“We want to stand upon our own feet and look fair and square at the world — its good facts, its bad facts, its beauties, and its ugliness; see the world as it is and be not afraid of it. Conquer the world by intelligence and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.”

Bertrand Russell (via thesoftanimal)

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Tagged: #Wisdom

Found via apoplecticskeptic. Notes. Permalink. Tue, Nov 30th 2010, 5:20 PM (∞).

danielholter:

robbiegiametta:

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

“Love is wise, hatred is foolish.”

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Tagged: #wisdom #tolerance #Bertrand Russell

Found via apoplecticskeptic. Notes. Permalink. Thu, Oct 14th 2010, 12:45 PM (∞).

“If you’re someone who only reads the editorial page of The New York Times, try glancing at the page of The Wall Street Journal once in awhile. If you’re a fan of Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh, try reading a few columns on the Huffington Post website. It may make your blood boil; your mind may not often be changed. But the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship. So too is the practice of engaging in different experiences with different kinds of people… If you grew up in a big city, spend some time with some who grew up in a rural town. If you find yourself only hanging around with people of your race or your ethnicity or your religion, broaden your circle to include people who’ve had different backgrounds and life experiences. You’ll learn what it’s like to walk in someone else’s shoes, and in the process, you’ll help make this democracy work.”

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President Obama (via southpol)

From President Obama’s speech at the University of Michigan on Saturday.

Tagged: #difficult advice #wisdom

Found via tragos. 380 Notes. Permalink. Mon, May 3rd 2010, 11:52 AM (∞).

“I find the film under the rushes.”

Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman on Charlie Rose. Also, how I seem to find my life. His new film, La Danse, about the paris ballet coming to DVD soon.

Tagged: #documentary #film #wisdom

Notes. Permalink. Mon, Feb 1st 2010, 11:11 PM (∞).

“The human mind delights in finding pattern—so much so that we often mistake coincidence or forced analogy for profound meaning. No other habit of thought lies so deeply within the soul of a small creature trying to make sense of a complex world not constructed for it.”

Stephen Jay Gould (via butdoesitfloat) (via jeremyturner) (via merlin)

This wisdom should accompany at all times, like a little pocket knife.

Tagged: #wisdom #duty

Found via merlin. 144 Notes. Permalink. Fri, Jan 8th 2010, 10:33 AM (∞).