"Be careful around men in positions of power who give you something you didn’t earn—they’re going to expect you to earn it after the fact, in a way you won’t like.”
One of the ironies of the history of the Kurds is that it has always been the educated elite who have dreamt of freedom, of a state of their own, of a Kurdistan transcending borders: yet it has always been the tribes who have had real power, the ability to change things, and there has always been an antagonism between the two groups.
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The seven of us had survived three yearly “purges” because we were each somehow indispensable to the playing company. In the course of four years we were transformed from a rabble of bit players to a small, meticulously trained dramatic troupe. Some of our theatrical assets were obvious: Richard was pure power, six foot three and carved from
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Quora
Postmodernism is an intellectual dead end; it’s central premise seems to be derived from a saying of Nietzsche’s, “There are no facts; only interpretations”, which is thought to mean that each one of us views “reality” through our individual perspective. This is true to a degree, but as with so many aphorisms, there are limits to its validity;
“Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count 'em up: what then? The happiness [Fezziwig] gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
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“This is a roadside attraction,' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power.”
“ I apologize to myself for giving you the power to upset me.”
Franz Kafka
“Because you are mine! You’re the only person, the only thing in this entire world that is mine! My killer, my stalker, my lover. The thought of sharing your obsession makes me sick to my stomach. You have power over me. Is that what you wanted to hear? That your claim makes me an idiot because my stupid fucking heart believes you? Is that it?”
Etkili empati kuran insanlar, kendilerine anlayış ve güvenilirlik kazandıracak şekilde acı çekmişlerdir. Oyun yazarı Thornton Wilder bir keresinde böyle bir kişinin dünyaya getirdiği zorlayıcı varlığı tarif etmiştir:
"Yaranız olmasaydı gücünüz nerede olurdu? Alçak sesinizin insanların kalbini titretmesini sağlayan şey sizin pişmanlığınızdır. Melekler bile yeryüzündeki sefil ve serseri çocukları, yaşamın çarkları arasında kırılmış bir insanın ikna edebileceği kadar ikna edemez. Aşkın hizmetinde yalnızca yaralı askerler hizmet edebilir."
The people who practice effective empathy have suffered in ways that give them understanding and credibility. The playwright Thornton Wilder once described the compelling presence such a person brings to the world:
"Without your wound where would your power be? It is your very remorse that makes your low voice tremble into the hearts of men. The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living. In love's service only the wounded soldiers can serve."
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❝Bir ülkenin ekonomisi çürümeye yüz tuttuğunda, en kolay kaçış yolu herkesi hemen susturmak için bahane olarak bir savaş başlatmaktır.❞
Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky ☆ Prisoners of Power (1969)
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