#aspiration — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #aspiration, aggregated by home.social.
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Strive to be the greatest Man in your Country, and you may be disappointed; Strive to be the best, and you may succeed: He may well win the race that runs by himself.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/43…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #aspiration #beyourbest #besteffort #competition #doyourbest #goal #goodperson #greatness #selfimprovement #target
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Strive to be the greatest Man in your Country, and you may be disappointed; Strive to be the best, and you may succeed: He may well win the race that runs by himself.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/43…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #aspiration #beyourbest #besteffort #competition #doyourbest #goal #goodperson #greatness #selfimprovement #target
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Strive to be the greatest Man in your Country, and you may be disappointed; Strive to be the best, and you may succeed: He may well win the race that runs by himself.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/43…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #aspiration #beyourbest #besteffort #competition #doyourbest #goal #goodperson #greatness #selfimprovement #target
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Strive to be the greatest Man in your Country, and you may be disappointed; Strive to be the best, and you may succeed: He may well win the race that runs by himself.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/43…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #aspiration #beyourbest #besteffort #competition #doyourbest #goal #goodperson #greatness #selfimprovement #target
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It is not yours to finish the task, but neither are you free to set it aside.
לֹא עָלֶיךָ הַמְּלָאכָה לִגְמֹר, וְלֹא אַתָּה בֶן חוֹרִין לִבָּטֵל מִמֶּנָּה.
The Talmud (AD 200-500) Collection of Jewish rabbinical writings
Mishnah, Pirkei Avot [Ethics of the Fathers; פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת] 2:16More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/talmud/35632/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #talmud #mishnah #accomplishment #aspiration #completion #duty #endeavor #finish #ideal #keeptrying #labor #obligation #quest #success #task #work
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In the beginning, we made the usual mistake of looking at houses we could afford. I am working on a proposition, hereafter to be known as Kerr’s law, which states in essence: All the houses you can afford to buy are depressing.
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1955-11), “Our Gingerbread Dream House,” Ladies Home Journal, Vol. 72, No. 11More about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/83488/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jeankerr #affordability #aspiration #budget #house #househunting #realestate
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A quotation from Bertrand Russell
And it is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, “progress” would become mechanical and trivial.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 1 “Postulates of Modern Educational Theory” (1926)More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/831…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #aspiration #conceptualization #creativity #imagination #improvement #inspiration #possibility #progress
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A quotation from Bertrand Russell
And it is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, “progress” would become mechanical and trivial.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 1 “Postulates of Modern Educational Theory” (1926)More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/831…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #aspiration #conceptualization #creativity #imagination #improvement #inspiration #possibility #progress
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A quotation from Bertrand Russell
And it is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, “progress” would become mechanical and trivial.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 1 “Postulates of Modern Educational Theory” (1926)More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/831…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #aspiration #conceptualization #creativity #imagination #improvement #inspiration #possibility #progress
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A quotation from Bertrand Russell
And it is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, “progress” would become mechanical and trivial.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 1 “Postulates of Modern Educational Theory” (1926)More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/831…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #aspiration #conceptualization #creativity #imagination #improvement #inspiration #possibility #progress
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A quotation from Hilaire Belloc
When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
“His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) Franco-British writer, historian [Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc]
Poem (1923), “Epigram 1: On His Books,” Sonnets and VerseMore about this quote: wist.info/belloc-hilaire/82367…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #belloc #hilairebelloc #aspiration #author #character #epitaph #fame #heritage #legacy #reading #sin #success #works #writer #writing
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#mediaproducers present us with information about #ourworld. An #objectiveview is an #ideal only. #Objectivity exists as an #aspiration. #Facts themselves might be objectively true, their #presentation never is. #context matters. It would be nice to have a tool that presents all this #content in a manner that helps us categorise & consume less nudgingly. Only #FOSS can deliver here. Be prepared for #manipulative #agents, as #AI is a #tool of #opression primarily. #ads is #legal #humanhacking
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Far better it is to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those who neither enjoy much or suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, ChicagoMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #action #aspiration #attempting #cause #cost #daring #defeat #ennui #failure #goals #placidity #striving #victory
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Far better it is to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those who neither enjoy much or suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, ChicagoMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #action #aspiration #attempting #cause #cost #daring #defeat #ennui #failure #goals #placidity #striving #victory
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Far better it is to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those who neither enjoy much or suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, ChicagoMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #action #aspiration #attempting #cause #cost #daring #defeat #ennui #failure #goals #placidity #striving #victory
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A quotation from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yes, I am personally the victim of deferred dreams, of blasted hopes, but in spite of that I close today by saying I still have a dream, because, you know, you can’t give up in life. If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American clergyman, civil rights leader, social activist, preacher
Sermon (1967-12-24), “A Christmas Sermon on Peace,” Ebenezer Baptist Church, AtlantaMore about this quote: wist.info/king-martin-luther/6…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mlk #martinlutherking #martinlutherkingjr #aspiration #courage #deferral #delay #dream #endurance #hope #keepgoing #perseverance #persistence
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
Hope is the boy, a blind, headlong, pleasant fellow, good to chase swallows with the salt; Faith is the grave, experienced, yet smiling man. Hope lives on ignorance; open-eyed Faith is built upon a knowledge of our life, of the tyranny of circumstance and the frailty of human resolution. Hope looks for unqualified success; but Faith counts certainly on failure, and takes honourable defeat to be a form of victory. Hope is a kind old pagan; but Faith grew up in Christian days, and early learnt humility.
In the one temper, a man is indignant that he cannot spring up in a clap to heights of elegance and virtue; in the other, out of a sense of his infirmities, he is filled with confidence because a year has come and gone, and he has still preserved some rags of honour. In the first, he expects an angel for a wife; in the last, he knows that she is like himself — erring, thoughtless, and untrue; but like himself also, filled with a struggling radiancy of better things, and adorned with ineffective qualities.Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1881), “Virginibus Puerisque, Part 2”More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #aspiration #endurance #faith #honor #hope #humility #idealism #perfection #progress #relationship #expectations
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To love, or to have loved, is enough. Ask for nothing more. There is no other pearl to be found in life’s shadowy convolutions. To love is an achievement.
[Aimer ou avoir aimé, cela suffit. Ne demandez rien ensuite. On n’a pas d’autre perle à trouver dans les plis ténébreux de la vie. Aimer est un accomplissement.]Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Les Misérables, Part 5 “Jean Valjean,” Book 6 “The White Night,” ch. 2 (5.6.2) (1862) [tr. Donougher (2013)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/80253/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #lesmiserables #lesmis #lesmiz #achievement #aspiration #love #meaningoflife
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Western liberals: "Capitalism is not the problem. The problem is crony capitalism. What we need is 'real' and 'fair' capitalism where large corporations don't have so much of the market share."
'Yeah, bruh! Cancer is not the problem. The problem is stage 4 cancer. What we need is stage 2 cancer.'#liberals #neoliberalism #cancer #capitalism #politics #economics #analogy #metaphor #fairness #marketshare #markets #aspiration #perspective #psychology #humannature #huimancondition #philosophy
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In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 1 “Economy” (1854)More info about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #walden #aim #aspiration #attempt #failure #goal #ideal #success #target #worthwhile
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J’ai eu très peur d’aller me coucher à cause de mes vertiges. https://tozounoir.zouluvo.com/jai-eu-tres-peur-daller-me-coucher-a-cause-de-mes-vertiges/
#peur #sommeil #coucher #vertige #nuit #crise #gauche #fragile #équilibre #pas #pencher #asseoir #malaise #solitude #partage #vie #exercice #mouvement #habitude #quotidien #attention #précaution #malaiseFort #inconscience #chute #risque #violence #aspiration #angoisse #contact #soutien
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Podcast: OpenAI’s big Seattle deal; Steve Ballmer under NBA scrutiny; the irony in Google’s antitrust case - This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his... - https://www.geekwire.com/2025/podcast-openais-big-seattle-deal-steve-ballmer-under-nba-scrutiny-the-irony-in-googles-antitrust-case/ #losangelesclippers #antitrustruling #seattlestartups #searchmonopoly #kawhileonard #nbasalarycap #steveballmer #aspiration #microsoft #vijayraji #podcasts #aitalent
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NBA hires law firm to investigate Kawhi Leonard scandal — same one it used for Donald Sterling https://www.rawchili.com/nba/269686/ #aspiration #Basketball #Clippers #DenverNuggets #DonaldSterling #Leonard #LosAngeles #LosAngelesLakers #NBA #PabloTorre #RobertSarver #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #suns #Wachtell
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Clippers considered naming dome after bankrupt firm at center of Kawhi Leonard allegations https://www.rawchili.com/nba/269053/ #aspiration #AspirationPartners #Basketball #DenverNuggets #intuit #KawhiLeonard #LosAngeles #LosAngelesClippers #LosAngelesTimes #MinnesotaTimberwolves #NamingRights #NBA #NBASalaryCap #RamonaShelburne #SteveBallmer
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
The empty pageant; a stage play; flocks of sheep, herds of cattle; a tussle of spearmen; a bone flung among a pack of curs; a crumb tossed into a pond of fish; ants, loaded and laboring; mice, scared and capering; puppets, jerking on their strings — that is life.
In the midst of it all you must take your stand, good-temperedly and without disdain, yet always aware that a man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
[Πομπῆς κενοσπουδία, ἐπὶ σκηνῆς δράματα, ποίμνια, ἀγέλαι, διαδορατισμοί, κυνιδίοις ὀστάριον ἐρριμμένον, ψωμίον εἰς τὰς τῶν ἰχθύων δεξαμενάς, μυρμήκων ταλαιπωρίαι καὶ ἀχθοφορίαι, μυιδίων ἐπτοημένων διαδρομαί, σιγιλλάρια νευροσπαστούμενα.
χρὴ οὖν ἐν τούτοις εὐμενῶς μὲν καὶ μὴ καταφρυαττόμενον ἑστάναι, παρακολουθεῖν μέντοι, ὅτι τοσούτου ἄξιος ἕκαστός ἐστιν, ὅσου ἄξιά ἐστι ταῦτα περὶ ἃ ἐσπούδακεν.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 7, ch. 3 (7.3) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2671…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #ambition #aspiration #effort #endeavor #energy #focus #goals #humility #life #meaningoflife #pageantry #pride #stage #theater #value #wisdom #work #worth
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In sharpness of vision you’re no match for Lynceus,
but you don’t despise ointment if you have sore eyes;
and though you’ll never match unbeaten Glycon’s strength,
you guard yourself against attacks of crippling gout.
We advance part way even if we can’t go further.
[Non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus,
non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungui;
nec quia desperes invicti membra Glyconis,
nodosa corpus nolis prohibere cheragra.
Est quadam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra.]Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1, l. 28ff (1.1.28-32) (20 BC) [tr. Fuchs (1977)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/horace/78401/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #advancement #partway #aspiration #goal #okay #progress #satisfice #selfcare #selfimprovement #allornothing
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Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Essay (1832-03-09), “Communication to the People of Sangamo County,” Sangamo Journal (1832-03-15)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/6576…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #ambition #aspiration #ego #esteem #motivation #pride #purpose #respect #worthiness
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Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Essay (1832-03-09), “Communication to the People of Sangamo County,” Sangamo Journal (1832-03-15)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/6576…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #ambition #aspiration #ego #esteem #motivation #pride #purpose #respect #worthiness
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A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while life is only long enough for him to attempt to read a hundred?
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1890-06), “Over the Teacups,” No. 7, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 65Sourcing, notes: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #books #experience #goal #impossible #mortality #reading #surfeit #unattainable #aspiration
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People love high Ideals. But they got to be about 33 percent plausible.
Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Column (1929-02-03), “Weekly Article: Oklahoma Has Gone Zodiac!”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/rogers-will/75472/
#quote #quotes #quotation #aspiration #goal #ideal #plausibility #possibility #pragmatism #realworld #realism #vision
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People love high Ideals. But they got to be about 33 percent plausible.
Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Column (1929-02-03), “Weekly Article: Oklahoma Has Gone Zodiac!”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/rogers-will/75472/
#quote #quotes #quotation #aspiration #goal #ideal #plausibility #possibility #pragmatism #realworld #realism #vision
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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
Too many who prate about saving democracy are really only interested in saving things as they were. Democracy should concern itself also with things as they should be.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Radio Broadcast (1938-11-04), “The Election of Liberals”Sourcing / notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…
#quote #quotes #quotation #aspiration #conservativism #democracy #ideal #statusquo
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A quotation from Roosevelt, Franklin Delano:
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Too many who prate about saving democracy are really only interested in saving things as they were. Democracy should concern itself also with things as they should be.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-delano/74173/#quote #quotes #quotation #aspiration #conservativism #democracy #ideal #statusquo
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The part of the tree that is above ground is nourished by unseen roots that plunge deep into the darkness of the earth. Likewise, may this darkest of seasons be a period of respite and renewal, where we put down strong roots of intention and aspiration.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #druid #druidry #druidism #wintersolstice #yule #writer #writing #wicca #aspiration #trees -
With Belief as Your Compass, Your Journey to Success is Already Underway. #HardWorkPaysOff #DriveAndDedication #ReachYourGoals #Aspiration #VictoryAhead #DestinedForGreatness
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High Hopes! Dunedin Botanic Garden, New Zealand.
05 September.#hope #rose #gull #spring #nzbirds #NewZealand #motivation #growth #aspiration #determination #climber #high #height
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#Dritter #Bereich zwischen #privatem und #öffentlichem #Raum
#Hybrider #Bereich zur #Wahrnehmung von #Cyberspace, #Chatrooms, #Tweets
#Feld des #Vorspielen #Scharlatanerie, #Überhöhen, #Aspiration, #Heuchelei, #Lüge, #Böswilligkeit#Gesellschaft der #Depression ist #permissiv: Lässt zu was #verboten war und macht #unfähig zu #begehren
#Unterscheidung zu #transgressiver #Struktur: #Reiz #Verbot zu #übertretenSlavoj #Zizek - #Pandemie II, #Chronik einer #verlorenen #Zeit, S. 134 ff.
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#Dritter #Bereich zwischen #privatem und #öffentlichem #Raum
#Hybrider #Bereich zur #Wahrnehmung von #Cyberspace, #Chatrooms, #Tweets
#Feld des #Vorspielen #Scharlatanerie, #Überhöhen, #Aspiration, #Heuchelei, #Lüge, #Böswilligkeit#Gesellschaft der #Depression ist #permissiv: Lässt zu was #verboten war und macht #unfähig zu #begehren
#Unterscheidung zu #transgressiver #Struktur: #Reiz #Verbot zu #übertretenSlavoj #Zizek - #Pandemie II, #Chronik einer #verlorenen #Zeit, S. 134 ff.
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Leonardo DiCaprio takes a stake in Struck Capital to fund the future of LA’s tech ecosystem - Leonardo DiCaprio is making a significant commitment to the Los Angeles-based investment firm, Stru... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/itVVKMGGpTE/ #leonardodicaprio #impactinvesting #diamondfoundry #venturecapital #wundermobility #struckcapital #aspiration #beyondmeat #losangeles #mojovision #raptormaps #brainbase #louisiana #postmates #economy #finance #nutanix #sendoso #actors
