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Louis MacNeice Quote: “I would have a poet able…”

I would have a poet able bodied, fond of talking, a reader of the newspapers, capable of pity and laughter, informed in economics, appreciative of women, involved in personal relationships, actively interested in politics, susceptible to physical impressions.

October 18, 2021 1907, British, Louis MacNeice, Quotes by Poets, September 12

Henry Adams Quote: “The press is the hired agent…”

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.

September 20, 2021 1838, American, February 16, Henry Adams, Quotes by Historians

Michael Oren Quote: “We in Israel certainly have a…”

We in Israel certainly have a great interest in seeing peace, stability, and security restored to Egypt. We want nothing more than peace for the Egyptian people. We’re not going to get involved in how Egypt, how the Egyptians should run themselves. That’s an internal Egyptian affair.

August 22, 2021 1955, American, Michael Oren, Quotes by Historians

C. Northcote Parkinson Quote: “Time spent on any item of…”

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

June 3, 2021 1909, British, C. Northcote Parkinson, June 30, Quotes by Historians

Emile Durkheim Quote: “Each victim of suicide gives his…”

Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon.

June 1, 2021 1858, April 15, Emile Durkheim, French, Quotes by Sociologists

Marilyn Hacker Quote: “Translation is an interestingly different way…”

Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the language that I’ve found myself living in much of the time. I think the two feed each other.

May 14, 2021 1942, American, Marilyn Hacker, November 27, Quotes by Poets

Talcott Parsons Quote: “But the fact a person denies…”

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.

April 29, 2021 1902, American, December 13, Quotes by Sociologists, Talcott Parsons

Karen DeCrow Quote: “First lady has been a thankless…”

First lady has been a thankless position. Eleanor Roosevelt was brilliant and had strong views. She was criticized for her politics and for her appearance. Mrs. Roosevelt was attacked for being too involved in politics. Bess Truman was criticized for being uninvolved in politics.

April 17, 2021 1937, American, December 18, Karen DeCrow, Quotes by Activists

Georg Simmel Quote: “Every relationship between two individuals or…”

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.

April 2, 2021 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists

George Pierce Baker Quote: “In all the great periods of…”

In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of individual treatment, and an audience eager to give itself to sympathetic listening, even if instruction be involved, have brought the great results.

March 13, 2021 1866, American, April 4, George Pierce Baker, Quotes by Educators

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