Charles Eisenstein Quotes
When everything is subject to money, then the scarcity of money makes everything scarce, including the basis of human life and happiness. Such is the life of the slave—one whose actions are compelled by threat to survival. Perhaps the deepest indication of our slavery is the monetization of time.
Quotes to Explore
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It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.
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The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.
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I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.
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I don't think you can force a moral opinion or you can force something through a Bollywood film.
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I've quite often written tweets that I think are across that line, but I just delete them.
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I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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People always used to say to me, 'Don't you want your own show? That'd be so cool if you had your own show.' I said, 'You know, it's not gonna happen. So – no.'
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I learned how important physical conditioning is. I learned how to focus on an objective in spite of all kinds of hazards. I learned how to deal with stress, too.
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Of all the things that are beyond my power, I value nothing more highly than to be allowed the honor of entering into bonds of friendship with people who sincerely love truth. For, of things beyond our power, I believe there is nothing in the world which we can love with tranquility except such men.
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If you love our country you are national, and if you love our people you are a socialist.
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Nothing is more real than nothing.
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We still have a long way to go—or as I have written so many times, and said at the end of hundreds of speeches: We are just at the beginning. A glorious future!
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The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain!
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Der umgang mit frauen ist das element guter sitten.
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These children should be enrolled in Independent Living programs designed by state and local governments to prepare them to enter the workplace, or attend college, and successfully manage their lives.
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I’m a feminist so I believe in inhabiting contradictions. I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other side. As opposed to choosing either or, choosing both.
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The story of practically every great fortune starts with the day when a creator of ideas and a seller of ideas got together and worked in harmony.
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Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation.
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People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
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There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.
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When everything is subject to money, then the scarcity of money makes everything scarce, including the basis of human life and happiness. Such is the life of the slave—one whose actions are compelled by threat to survival. Perhaps the deepest indication of our slavery is the monetization of time.
