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Mélanie Berliet

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6,037 quotes curated by Mélanie Berliet:

“Years ago I wished everyone paid attention to politics. I was wrong.”
— Shoshana Weissmann
Tagged: Politics
“Reports of democracy's death may have been slightly exaggerated.”
— Chris Murphy
Tagged: Democracy, Cliches Made New
“I am one of those crazy people who still think, despite the fact that I am very left of center, we need people right of it.”
— Joshua Grubbs
Tagged: Political Moderation
“There's the popular notion that, beneath the bluster and bombast of a raging narcissist, there is this deeply wounded and insecure person. After all, what else could explain the unchecked ego, unmitigated entitlement, and grandiosity of narcissism? It must be overcompensation.”
— Josh Grubbs
Tagged: Narcissism, Overcompensation, Insecurity
“Between the heroin epidemic, the instant gratification culture of the Internet, and this, a Brave New World seems plausible now.”
— Joshua Grubbs
Tagged: Reproduction, The future, Sperm
“Narcissists often do a great job of looking like they are doing a great job, when they are actually making things worse.”
— Josh Grubbs
Tagged: Narcissism, Appearance of Productivity
“At extreme levels, entitlement is a toxic narcissistic trait, repeatedly exposing people to the risk of feeling frustrated, unhappy and disappointed with life. Often times, life, health, aging and the social world don’t treat us as well as we’d like. Confronting these limitations is especially threatening to an entitled person because it violates their worldview of self-superiority.”
— Joshua Grubbs, The Dangerous Personality Trait On The Rise In The Young- PsyBlog
Tagged: Narcissism, Ego, Millennials
“There is a lot of pain. And we’ve got to understand that reality. And then tell these people that their problems are not caused by some Mexican making eight dollars an hour picking strawberries.”
— Bernie Sanders, In Trump’s America, the Independent senator is fighting to win back the heartland for Democrats.
Tagged: Immigration, Magazine, The Political Scene, Politics
“All this drama somehow took a backseat this week to one unfolding within the White House, where both Sean Spicer and Reince Priebus have resigned following the appointment as communications director of Anthony Scaramucci, a former hedge-funder and Long Islander of the Frickin’ Month for 643 months in a row.”
— John Oliver, John Oliver Goes Off on Human ‘Tanning Bed’ Anthony Scaramucci
Tagged: Anthony Scaramucci, Trump Presidency
“There’s been a lot of great journalism done in the past year about inequality and unemployment in America and all of that is inspiring, in the sense that it makes me realize that I can use this site [Gawker] for something better than just hearing the sound of my own voice all the time.”
— Hamilton Nolan, ‘I FEEL LIKE I’M OBLIGED TO SPEAK THE UNVARNISHED(AND SOMETIMES MEAN) TRUTH
Tagged: Gawker, Media, Publishing