Derrick Jensen Quotes
Part of the problem is that we have become so dependent upon this system that is killing and exploiting us, it has become almost impossible for us to imagine living outside of it, and it's very difficult physically for us to live outside of it.
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I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I certainly didn't reach out to my old assets and ask 'em how they're doing, although I would have liked to.
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisers.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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The blockchain does one thing: It replaces third-party trust with mathematical proof that something happened.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.
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I dont even think in terms of ambition.
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People don't know the past, even though we live in literate societies, because they don't trust the sources of the past.
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Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
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Listen. Say yes. Live in the moment. Make sure you play with people who have your back. Make big choices early and often.
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Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.
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Part of the problem is that we have become so dependent upon this system that is killing and exploiting us, it has become almost impossible for us to imagine living outside of it, and it's very difficult physically for us to live outside of it.
