fairness

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c47e01c	Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need equality. Kinda now.	equality fairness feminism freedom-of-choice inspirational truth	Joss Whedon
86d5bc4	"The world isn't fair, Calvin." "I know Dad, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?"	comics fairness humor	Bill Watterson
7e41850	Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.	fairness inspirational equity	Rick Riordan
9182770	In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.	dissent due-process fairness impartiality judgment justice	Euripides
2b4aeaf	Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed.	fairness	Jodi Picoult
5ce8609	I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. But I also have to say, for the umpty-umpth time, that life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.	fairness life love wise-last-chapter	William Goldman
681ded4	Life isn't fair, so you have to play the best game you can with the cards you're dealt.	dark-companion fairness games life trying	Marta Acosta
1ac29f7	And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks	existence fairness life universe	Tom Robbins
4f06f99	Life has very little even ground.	even-ground fair fairness life	J.D. Robb
cda5764	But how did you fight an enemy who never fought fair? Didn't you have to break the rules to win against the Devil?	fairness justice	Libba Bray
c4feae0	So why don't Americans cheat? Because they think that their system is legitimate. People accept authority when they see that it treats everyone equally, when it is possible to speak up and be heard, and when there are rules in place that assure you that tomorrow you won't be treated radically different from how you are treated today. Legitimacy is based on fairness, voice and predictability, and the U.S. government, as much as Americans like to grumble about it, does a pretty good job of meeting all three standards. Pg. 293	equality fairness government legitimacy taxation	Malcolm Gladwell
1b5937c	Exploration is a dirty game.	exploration fairness game	Tahir Shah
d535b69	Because here's the thing--we don't give a shit about fairness here. We're soldiers. Soldiers do not give the other guy a sporting chance. Soldiers shoot in the back, lay traps and ambushes, lie to the enemy and outnumber the other bastard every chance they get. Your kind of murder only works among civilians. And you were too cocky, too stupid, too insane to realize it.	fairness soldiers	Orson Scott Card
dd9c59e	"Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type of uniform principle is almost synonymous with fairness. Uniform application of a detailed rule, on the other hand, will almost always favor one group over another. p. 34"	common-law fairness government law politics red-tape	Philip K. Howard
c3f86bc	It isn't fair, but maybe that's the whole point. Fairness has no part in real life, and she took that lesson away from the Hotel Angeline with her.	fairness life life-lessons mystery	Susan Wiggs
6d01c62	...I realized that my father, of all these men, was the most obstinate, helplessly bonded to his better instincts and their excessive demands. I only then understood that he had quit his job not merely because he was fearful of what awaited us down the line should we agree like the others to be relocated, but because, for better or worse, when he was bullied by superior forces that he deemed corrupt it was his nature not to yield--in this instance, to resist either running away to Canada, as my mother urged our doing, or bowing to a government directive that was patently unjust. There were two types of strong men: those like Uncle Monty And Abe Steinheim, remorseless about their making money, and those like my father, ruthlessly obedient to their idea of fair play.	fair-play fairness instincts morals mores obstinacy standards	Philip Roth
3644764	"Maybe someday, if I succeed at something, I'll stop saying, "It isn't fair" about everything else."	aims ambition dedication determination difficulties dreams equality fairness hardships life perseverance success trials	Lois Lowry
409547d	Fair and unfair are for children	fairness life-lessons maturity reality	Michelle Lovric
b4f7378	Listen, Monsieur Director, here's what I think. Obviously this is wrong. There are twenty-six of you in five or six small rooms; there are three of us in space enough for sixty. That is wrong, I assure you. You have my house and I am in yours. Give me back mine and this will be your home.	fairness	Victor Hugo
d0e778f	If we shrug our shoulders at the avoidable suffering of the weak and the poor, of those who are getting exploited and ripped off, we are not the left.	ethics fairness left-wing moral-philosophy politics	Peter Singer
8fe8f3e	"Goruyorsun ya, ailede herkes genellikle iyi. Oyleyse neden kucuk Isa bize yakinlik gostermiyor? Dr. Faulhaber'in evine gidersin masanin bir suru seyler tepeleme dolu oldugunu gorursun. Villas-Boaslarda da oyle. Dr. Adaucto Luz'dan hic soz etmeyelim." Ilk kez, Totoca'nin aglamak uzere oldugunu gordum. "Bu nedenle, kucuk Isanin yalniz is olsun diye yoksul dogmak istedigini dusunuyorum. Sonra da, yalnizca zenginlerin zahmete degdigini gormustu... Neyse, birakalim bunlari. Belki soylediklerim cok gunah."	fairness poverty religion sad	José Mauro de Vasconcelos

c47e01c

Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need equality. Kinda now.

equality fairness feminism freedom-of-choice inspirational truth

Joss Whedon

86d5bc4

"The world isn't fair, Calvin." "I know Dad, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?"

comics fairness humor

Bill Watterson

7e41850

Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.

fairness inspirational equity

Rick Riordan

9182770

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

dissent due-process fairness impartiality judgment justice

Euripides

2b4aeaf

Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed.

fairness

Jodi Picoult

5ce8609

I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. But I also have to say, for the umpty-umpth time, that life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.

fairness life love wise-last-chapter

William Goldman

681ded4

Life isn't fair, so you have to play the best game you can with the cards you're dealt.

dark-companion fairness games life trying

Marta Acosta

1ac29f7

And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks

existence fairness life universe

Tom Robbins

4f06f99

Life has very little even ground.

even-ground fair fairness life

J.D. Robb

cda5764

But how did you fight an enemy who never fought fair? Didn't you have to break the rules to win against the Devil?

fairness justice

Libba Bray

c4feae0

So why don't Americans cheat? Because they think that their system is legitimate. People accept authority when they see that it treats everyone equally, when it is possible to speak up and be heard, and when there are rules in place that assure you that tomorrow you won't be treated radically different from how you are treated today. Legitimacy is based on fairness, voice and predictability, and the U.S. government, as much as Americans like to grumble about it, does a pretty good job of meeting all three standards. Pg. 293

equality fairness government legitimacy taxation

Malcolm Gladwell

1b5937c

Exploration is a dirty game.

exploration fairness game

Tahir Shah

d535b69

Because here's the thing--we don't give a shit about fairness here. We're soldiers. Soldiers do not give the other guy a sporting chance. Soldiers shoot in the back, lay traps and ambushes, lie to the enemy and outnumber the other bastard every chance they get. Your kind of murder only works among civilians. And you were too cocky, too stupid, too insane to realize it.

fairness soldiers

Orson Scott Card

dd9c59e

"Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type of uniform principle is almost synonymous with fairness. Uniform application of a detailed rule, on the other hand, will almost always favor one group over another. p. 34"

common-law fairness government law politics red-tape

Philip K. Howard

c3f86bc

It isn't fair, but maybe that's the whole point. Fairness has no part in real life, and she took that lesson away from the Hotel Angeline with her.

fairness life life-lessons mystery

Susan Wiggs

6d01c62

...I realized that my father, of all these men, was the most obstinate, helplessly bonded to his better instincts and their excessive demands. I only then understood that he had quit his job not merely because he was fearful of what awaited us down the line should we agree like the others to be relocated, but because, for better or worse, when he was bullied by superior forces that he deemed corrupt it was his nature not to yield--in this instance, to resist either running away to Canada, as my mother urged our doing, or bowing to a government directive that was patently unjust. There were two types of strong men: those like Uncle Monty And Abe Steinheim, remorseless about their making money, and those like my father, ruthlessly obedient to their idea of fair play.

fair-play fairness instincts morals mores obstinacy standards

Philip Roth

3644764

"Maybe someday, if I succeed at something, I'll stop saying, "It isn't fair" about everything else."

aims ambition dedication determination difficulties dreams equality fairness hardships life perseverance success trials

Lois Lowry

409547d

Fair and unfair are for children

fairness life-lessons maturity reality

Michelle Lovric

b4f7378

Listen, Monsieur Director, here's what I think. Obviously this is wrong. There are twenty-six of you in five or six small rooms; there are three of us in space enough for sixty. That is wrong, I assure you. You have my house and I am in yours. Give me back mine and this will be your home.

fairness

Victor Hugo

d0e778f

If we shrug our shoulders at the avoidable suffering of the weak and the poor, of those who are getting exploited and ripped off, we are not the left.

ethics fairness left-wing moral-philosophy politics

Peter Singer

8fe8f3e

"Goruyorsun ya, ailede herkes genellikle iyi. Oyleyse neden kucuk Isa bize yakinlik gostermiyor? Dr. Faulhaber'in evine gidersin masanin bir suru seyler tepeleme dolu oldugunu gorursun. Villas-Boaslarda da oyle. Dr. Adaucto Luz'dan hic soz etmeyelim." Ilk kez, Totoca'nin aglamak uzere oldugunu gordum. "Bu nedenle, kucuk Isanin yalniz is olsun diye yoksul dogmak istedigini dusunuyorum. Sonra da, yalnizca zenginlerin zahmete degdigini gormustu... Neyse, birakalim bunlari. Belki soylediklerim cok gunah."

fairness poverty religion sad

José Mauro de Vasconcelos