@rezaaslan @Michael_Woolf @QuoteResearch Wasn't this originally said by someone else?
I think it was Kissinger who said the politics in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so small.
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@pioneercynthia@Michael_Woolf@QuoteResearch Wasn't everything?
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@rezaaslan it was so low. Sayre said it talking about politics in academia in the 50s. - End of conversation
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@rezaaslan I think that was only an astute comment when the politics of politics wasn't so vicious. -
@damiandn@rezaaslan You saw Kissinger on Colbert's dance video, I hope? http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/428377/august-06-2013/stephest-colbchella--013---time-to-dance … - 1 more reply
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@rezaaslan Please don't quote war criminals.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Tragically sad. RT
@rezaaslan: I think it was Kissinger who said the politics in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so small.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@prrrsiankitten There are stakes beyond just assholedness?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Such truth. "
@rezaaslan I think it was Kissinger who said the politics in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so small."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan That statement is so true. Academia is cut throat and petty at times. It is utterly ridiculousThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan Unlike vicious religious wars, where the stakes(at least in the hearts and minds of the combatants) are infinitely great.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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inversely proportional “
@rezaaslan:I think it was Kissinger who said the politics in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so smallThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan Actually, it was some other dude(s). But he got all the credit cause being Kissinger is like that: http://ask.metafilter.com/80812/Academic-politics-are-vicious-because-the-stakes-are-so-low …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan It's true, so don't fall victim to it. You're just as responsible for the squabble as the academics attacking you. Rise above itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan: I think it was Kissinger who said the politics in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so small.”#brilliant & trueThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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