Charles Eisenstein Quotes
For a machine to run smoothly and predictably, its parts must be standard and hence replaceable, features which contribute, respectively, to modern depersonalization and anxiety.
Quotes to Explore
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.
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We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
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The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock.
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Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.
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I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.
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Utah is America's best place for business because Utahns make it their business to succeed - and we have the track record to prove it.
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I've always played characters that were younger than myself.
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The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula.
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Now don't you dare call me normal. I was never a Pollyanna. There was always a lot of Theodora in me.
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6) Everybody talks first draft.
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That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere.
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Whenever someone great passes, all of us have a loss.
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Climate change is real.
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Coming into high school, it's scary. You don't know which group to be in, and I can't stand that it's so cliquey.
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When somebody says, 'Oh, Buffy, you're such a warrior for peace', I stop them and say, 'No, I'm not really a warrior for peace. What I promote is alternative conflict resolution'.
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It is an interesting balance in trying to find players to make your team really good and at the same time running a financially sound operation. That is the challenge for every team.
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The joy of motherhood comes in moments. ... Families need unstructured time when relationships can deepen and real parenting can take place. Take time to listen, to laugh, and to play together.
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The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
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For a machine to run smoothly and predictably, its parts must be standard and hence replaceable, features which contribute, respectively, to modern depersonalization and anxiety.
