The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
Mary Catherine Bateson
There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.
Mary Catherine Bateson
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“Inside that book, it's my life-all the places where I'm hurting or I laughed or I cried or I prayed. And I've had to pray a lot!”
“What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we've seen, however, is how many other recent dead we have not seen.”
| Scott Bakula, Actor (1954) |
| David Cameron, Politician (1966) |
| Lewis Cass, Soldier (1782) |
| Bruce Catton, Historian (1899) |
| Artur Davis, Politician (1967) |
| Helene Deutsch, Psychologist (1884) |
| Ruth Ellis, Criminal (1926) |
| John Entwistle, Musician (1944) |
| Heinz Fischer, Statesman (1938) |
| Bobby Flay, Celebrity (1964) |
| Gordon W. Allport, Psychologist (1967) |
| Benjamin Banneker, Scientist (1806) |
| Robert Jackson, Statesman (1954) |
| Walter Kerr, Critic (1996) |