Charles Eisenstein Quotes
The primary method by which governments increase their control is by creating fear.
Quotes to Explore
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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I grew up in the indie world, and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.
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If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And if you do have to say it, make it really funny so I can screenshot it and save it for later.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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I think for a lot of people, friendship is a relationship that gets devalued once they move on to what people consider to be more important relationships: once you find a partner or when you have kids.
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I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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Before blogs, it was all about physical presence. We used to send out videos and audiotapes to communicate. Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.
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This strange business of what it is to be a writer is this increasingly insane world in which we live, in which surrealism, it seems, is the new realism.
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When men change, maybe Bond will change. But let's wait. I'm not holding my breath.
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
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A utopian future for the Internet could be secured if the heavy-duty influencers - and the grassroots influencers tweeting along - can create a new global organization peopled with defenders of Internet freedom.
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My father is my inspiration.
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Unfortunately, with dinosaurs, we haven't had enough specimens to determine how much variation there is within a species.
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All women should understand that a mammogram is nothing to be afraid of. It's not an enemy but a friend. Early detection is the key to the cure.
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I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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I don't see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don't see a lot when I go back to St. Louis, either.
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The primary method by which governments increase their control is by creating fear.
