Charles Eisenstein Quotes
The primary method by which governments increase their control is by creating fear.
Quotes to Explore
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I think I know a thing or two about the way people love, but I don't know anything about hatred, psychosis, cruelty. Or maybe I don't have the guts to admit that I do.
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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 am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.
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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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Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
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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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The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we begin it so late.
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They engage in activities aimed at bringing them [clients] to Jesus. That's fine, but it shouldn't be done with government money.
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At least 80 percent of the success of the football team is determined by the fight and spirit that they put into their play.
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The primary method by which governments increase their control is by creating fear.
