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Liath LaVerne Hawke Sep 20, 2024

" #placate is such a weird word," Marva declared with an air of authority.

"To placate means to be angry & I" she pauses holding a hand up to frame her face, "Am never angry."

Donny holds a hand up, ready to state something but is quickly shot down.

"Don't say a word," Marva yells.

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Stefanie Neumann Sep 20, 2024

A susurration moves through the last aspen trees. An attempt to #placate the salty air brought in by the river. The breeze is soft and pleasant in the low sun, but the gusts carry a first whiff of Winter.
Standing by the window, she is yearning for that long gone cosy.

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Emma Lee Sep 20, 2024

“Let’s hear it,” said Ari after they’d ordered food.
“What’s worse: the potential backlash for the email or Shiny Suit getting the job,” said Jin
“I’m pleased I got brunch to #placate you. They might thank you for helping them dodge a bullet.” Ari slid her hand in his. #vss365

WIST Quotations moves again!Jul 12, 2024

A quotation from Ferber, Edna:

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The man in the factory who has had to batter his way up through life in order to exist; the woman in the household, fending for her husband, her children; wary of deceit and false-dealing and bullying in the course of her busy day, know (and knew) instinctively that the bully must be met with instant repulse or he multiplies his own viole …
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/ferber-edna/45565/

#quote #quotes #quotation #appeasement #bully #placate #power

A Kind of Magic: An Autobiography (1963) - Ferber, Edna | WIST Quotations

The man in the factory who has had to batter his way up through life in order to exist; the woman in the household, fending for her husband, her children; wary of deceit and false-dealing and bullying in the course of her busy day, know (and knew) instinctively that the…

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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jul 2, 2024

It was good while it lasted, #America.

It’s over. The transformation is complete. The entire #country is now just a great ol’ big #Alabama – a place where #laws and #rules are designed to #comfort the #comfortable, #placate the #patriarchy and #coddle the #Republicanparty.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.alreporter.com/2024/07/02/opinion-it-was-good-while-it-lasted/

Opinion | It was good while it lasted

It was good while it lasted, America.

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lobster 🦞Feb 28, 2024

Dear friends of #liberation, 🎉

- We #practice each #decent #quality, each day, as and when we can
- We share what we have in terms of #experience, #knowledge and #inspiration
- We #emulate or enact the very best we know and #acknowledge
- We #placate, #divest, #sublimate our impediments into #gainful #direction
- We find what we can do, be #involved with and #help with
- We simplify life, #needs, being and #habits
- We in #essence, become #better people
- We #laugh at the selfish shellfish 😇

www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/42-practical-ways-to-improve-yourself.html

42 Practical Ways to Start Working on Self-Improvement - LifeHack

Are you someone who likes to grow? Do you constantly seek for self improvement? There is always something about ourselves we can improve on. The human

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