Charles Eisenstein Quotes
We in the richest societies have too many calories even as we starve for beautiful, fresh food; we have overly large houses but lack spaces that truly embody our individuality and connectedness; media surround us everywhere while we starve for authentic communication. We are offered entertainment every second of the day but lack the chance to play. In the ubiquitous world of money, we hunger for all that is intimate, personal and unique.
Quotes to Explore
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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Lyndon Johnson was a profoundly insecure man who feared dissent and craved reassurance. In 1964 and 1965, Johnson's principal goals were to win the presidency in his own right and to pass his Great Society legislation through Congress.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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If you're feeling blue, lock yourself in a room, stand in front of a mirror, and dance - and laugh at yourself and be sexy. Dance the silliest and ugliest you've ever danced. Make fun of yourself and try to recover your sense of humor.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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I feel like when the task is more difficult for me it's more exciting.
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I simply love writing good stories, that's my passion.
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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
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In like a dimwit, out like a light.
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I made friends with a boy who was a communist when I was 13 and that broadened my political views, but it also brought me into conflict with my father who was very Right-wing.
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Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.
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I'm really, really emotional.
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The terrorist action of 9/11 gave birth to President Obama's entry to the White House. Not directly, but indirectly.
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When you're working with your friends, it doesn't feel like it's work.
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I had written 'Cafe de Flore' with 'Stairway to Heaven' in mind.
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Hollywood is a place of great irony at all times.
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It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
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Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it.
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People in China say: 'If you love your children, send them to New York. If you hate your children, also send them to New York.'
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I promised myself I wouldn't work again until I found something that excited me.
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The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life.
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When I picture England, I picture little gardens and beautiful yards. I don't really like cities; I like to go and see things like that.
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I suggest that the type of consciousness – not merely the degree of intelligence – that Neanderthals possessed was different in important respects from that of Upper Palaeolithic people, and that this distinction precluded, for the Neanderthals, both image-making and elaborate burial.
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We in the richest societies have too many calories even as we starve for beautiful, fresh food; we have overly large houses but lack spaces that truly embody our individuality and connectedness; media surround us everywhere while we starve for authentic communication. We are offered entertainment every second of the day but lack the chance to play. In the ubiquitous world of money, we hunger for all that is intimate, personal and unique.
