November 2011
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“In the aftershock of 2008, large numbers of Americans feel exploited and abused. Rather than workable solutions, my party is offering low taxes for the currently rich and high spending for the currently old, to be followed by who-knows-what and who-the-hell-cares. This isn’t conservatism; it’s a going-out-of-business sale for the baby-boom generation.”
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a good #longread.
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Failure is the price of admission. If you’re going to do anything significant, then you need to get used to the idea that you won’t always be right.
Of course, the alternative is that you could play it safe, avoid risk, and never build a movement. Your choice.
” —20 ways to get people to believe in your ideas
“Indeed, one night several years later, his mom was doing dinner dishes at the sink and his dad was plopped on the couch a few feet away in their tiny South Philly house, and Vernacchio mustered the courage to tell them that he was happily dating someone. “My mom never turned around, never reacted in any way, and my dad turned to me, didn’t miss a beat and said, ‘Whatever happened to the metric system?’ ”
—Teaching Good Sex - NYTimes.com
