David Graeber Quotes
One might even say that it's one of the scandals of capitalism that most capitalist firms, internally, operate communistically.
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I don't think about fights that didn't happen.
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It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.
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I think every business is definitely different. There are certain businesses where execution is everything.
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I think I have a very good reputation amongst the gay population and among the whole country because I stood up on the issue of gay rights. It is not easy to stand up on that issue when you are single and male in New York City. I did it anyway.
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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
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If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
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The imperfections in my family made me learn to deal with things on my own and solve problems for myself.
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The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit.
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It's really hard to compete with Apple on pure coolness, and if you do, you're probably going to use some of the things they pioneered.
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The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them.
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My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.
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I basically go to the gym three times a week to do weight training for one or two hours.
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I've definitely accepted the fact that I'm not normal.
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I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.
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I went to Washington to ask for a little residual payment for the people who had written films in the early, early days, people who never got any residuals on tapes or anything at all.
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Faithfulness had taken me by surprise. I wondered how long the phase would last.
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This is not a mere change of guards, I think this is a fundamental change in the politics of our government.
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My response was that more than half of Israelis are of Sephardic origin. Many of these Jews come from Arab lands and share the same physical skin color.
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Under no circumstances should doodling be eradicated from a classroom or a boardroom or even the war room. On the contrary, doodling should be leveraged in precisely those situations where information density is very high and the need for processing that information is very high.
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If you do approach a comics publisher, make sure it's one that publishes the kind of book you want to make. Don't take your literary fiction to Marvel or DC; don't pitch your Spider-Man epic to Image.
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I've always found that you can control people better if you don't see too much of them.
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Metaphysicians and politicians may dispute forever, but they will never find any other moral principle or foundation of rule or obedience, than the consent of governors and governed.
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Press junkets are incredibly annoying. You sit in a chair for three to six hours and have different journalists shuttle in for three minutes at a time, asking cheesy movie questions to get a quick sound bite - and that's their only objective. You can't really move or eat. You're just stuck there. It's pressure, constant pressure.
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One might even say that it's one of the scandals of capitalism that most capitalist firms, internally, operate communistically.
