"Religion, art, and science flourish best in a……" — Virginia Postrel
"Religion, art, and science flourish best in a free society. True, freedom does not afford much opportunity for grand gestures. It has little room for martyrs. But life is not supposed to be about dying well. It is about living well."
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80 Quotes by Virginia Postrel
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Glamour is all about transcending this world and getting to an idealized, perfect place.
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Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a…
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Aesthetics has become too important to be left to the aesthetes. To succeed, hard-nosed engineers, real estate developers, and MBAs…
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The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating…
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Glamour doesn’t just happen, people don’t wake up in the morning glamorous.
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European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities…
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At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things…
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Dialysis does not make patients well. It simply postpones their deaths.
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Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is…
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The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future…
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We know we need bosses and deadlines to help us get work done. But sometimes we can also use an…
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As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have…
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