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You think because he doesn't love you that you are worthless. You think that because he doesn't want you anymore that he is right -- that his judgement and opinion of you are correct. If he throws you out, then you are garbage. You think he belongs to you because you want to belong to him. Don't. It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love. Love shouldn't be like that. Did you ever see the way the clouds love a mountain? They circle all around it; sometimes you can't even see the mountain for the clouds. But you know what? You go up top and what do you see? His head. The clouds never cover the head. His head pokes through, beacuse the clouds let him; they don't wrap him up. They let him keep his head up high, free, with nothing to hide him or bind him. You can't own a human being. You can't lose what you don't own. Suppose you did own him. Could you really love somebody who was absolutely nobody without you? You really want somebody like that? Somebody who falls apart when you walk out the door? You don't, do you? And neither does he. You're turning over your whole life to him. Your whole life, girl. And if it means so little to you that you can just give it away, hand it to him, then why should it mean any more to him? He can't value you more than you value yourself.
If the experience of other voters is alien to me, and if I believe they don't understand my feelings and don't care about my vital interests, then even if I am outvoted by a hundred to one I have absolutely no reason to accept the verdict. Democratic elections usually work only within populations that have some prior common bond, such as shared religious beliefs or national myths. They are a method to settle disagreements among people who already agree on the basics.
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Watching Television
'The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set —
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been
We've watched them gaping at the screen.
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.
(Last
The Fox and the Lion
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Niccolò Machiavelli
"Imagine you are a prince ruling a city-state such as Florence or
Naples in sixteenth-century Italy. You have absolute power. You
can issue an order and it will be obeyed. If you want to throw
someone into jail because he has spoken out against you, or
because you suspect him of plotting to kill you, you can do that.
You have troops ready to do whatever you tell them. But you are
surrounded by other city-states run by ambitious rulers who
would love to conquer your territory. How should you behave?
Should you be honest, keep your promises, always act with
kindness, think the best of people?"
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Her türden bağımlı var sanırım. Hepimizin acıları var. Ve hepimiz acıyı dindirmenin yollarını ararız.
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And trust me, there are times when the last thing you want to hear is the truth.
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