Acasa I Quotes & Sayings

What conditions are usually necessary for outgroups to be mistreated? Activation of a
social identity leads to such negative outcomes after two conditions are met. First, ingroup members must believe that a common set of norms and values apply to both themselves and to members of the outgroup. Second, the ingroup must see its values as the only acceptable values, so that their values overwhelm those of the outgroup and are the ones that should guide both themselves and the outgroup. The combination of these two factors leads the ingroup to perceive members of the outgroup as deviant, morally inferior, and a potential threat to ingroup values. — Kristin J. Anderson

The only one who thinks the world is safer since the occupation of Iraq is Bush. — Segolene Royal

Wisdom is reliable;
folly is unfaithful. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Economists Mason Gaffney and Fred Harrison claim in their work The Corruption of Economics that industrialists toward the end of the 19th century may have intentionally created and promoted a new brand of economics (neoclassical) to divert public attention from the monopolization of nature. Neoclassical economics treats nature as capital - a resource to be exploited. — Martin Adams

Elvis!" Min shoved herself off the couch to shoo him away. "Stay away from there. There's broken glass."
"He did that on purpose," David said, outraged.
"Yes, David, the cat is plotting against you." Min fished the base out of the water and glass shards and put it on the table. Then she went to get her wastebasket and began to put the glass pieces in it. — Jennifer Crusie

Failure makes excuses. Success just keeps swinging the bat. — Marshall Sylver

Weep hard as much as you need; but do not let your tears pursue the sorrow for the rest of your life. — Munia Khan

You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we know that There Be Dragons Everywhere. They might not all have scales and forked tongues, but they Be Here all right, grinning and jostling and trying to sell you souvenirs. — Terry Pratchett

Eternally revolving wheel of avidity and suffering; — Hermann Hesse

Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once. — Margaret Mitchell

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping. — Dale Carnegie

But people do. They love each other and they misunderstand on purpose and they fight and then suddenly they aren't the same one. — Ernest Hemingway,

Passion is what drives us crazy, what makes us do extraordinary things, to discover, to challenge ourselves. Passion is and should always be the heart of courage. — Midori Komatsu

After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood — Fred Thompson

In a jump, the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and his limb muscles. The mask falls. The real self becomes visible. One only has to snap it with the camera. — Philippe Halsman