A quotation from Hannah Arendt

There is all the difference in the world between the criminal’s avoiding the public eye and the civil disobedient’s taking the law into his own hands in open defiance. This distinction between an open violation of the law, performed in public, and a clandestine one is so glaringly obvious that it can be neglected only by prejudice or ill will.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Essay (1970-09-12), “Civil Disobedience,” The New Yorker

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A quotation from Emerson

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. We can only see what we are, and if we misbehave we suspect others.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1860), “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, ch. 6

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A quotation from Bill Watterson

CALVIN: Tigers don’t worry about much, do they?
HOBBES: Nope. That’s one of the perks of being feral.

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1989-03-12)

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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate those in the line of his desire.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Precedent,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

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What is something you quote all the time? It can be from a movie, TV show, book, comic, whatever.

One example from me is from Parks and Rec where Tom says, “I thought we as a culture agreed to forget the year that everyone was into swing.”

What about you?

A quotation from George Carlin

The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So what I’m left with is the memory of having learned something very wise that I can’t quite remember.

George Carlin (1937-2008) American comedian
Book (1997), Brain Droppings, “Short Takes (Part 1)”

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Really enjoyed the exhibition on women in Somerset in WWII at the Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury. Useful for my research for On This Day in Somerset!

#qotd What was the last interesting place you visited?

"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor."
Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
#qotd

Lovely to see my book on sale at Somerset Rural Life Museum

#Somerset #womeninsomerset #unsungwomen #glastonbury

#qotd Have you heard of the other books around it?

Pre-order coming soon! Hope you like the cover!

A life-changing meeting on International Women's Day.
A philosopher buried on St George's Day.
A suffragette released from prison on Christmas Eve.

From Roman times to the present day and from Athelney to the Zoylands, this is 366 days of women across Somerset.

#qotd What was the last thing you pre-ordered (book or otherwise)?

This is the best coffee I’ve had in day.

Last cup I had came from a cat’s asshole.

- Jack Reacher

#qotd nobody talks about necrophilia at pickleball

#QOTD:

Scrapping everything and starting over is a mission-critical life skill.

— Adam Savage

#QOTD: "You can read the history of an enterprise's political struggles in its system architecture." - Michael Nygard

https://www.cyclingeu.com/536095/are-deeper-carbon-wheels-better-50mm-vs-78mm-robbarmstrong/ Are Deeper Carbon Wheels Better? “50mm Vs. 78mm” | RobbArmstrong #Bicycling #BicyclingSwitzerland #Biking #carbon #Cycling #qotd #robbarmstrong #robbmedia #switzerland #Wheelset

Does niche rhyme with “sheesh” or “itch”?

Please BOOST across the #Fediverse for wider audience.

#QOTD 6 pack flabs

What do you think of the new iPhone 16e?

Please BOOST for wider audience/results.

#QOTD what was that cake missing, besides frosting? Loyalty!