Charles Eisenstein Quotes
A revolution that leaves our conceptualization of self and world intact cannot bring other than temporary, superficial change. Only a much deeper revolution, a reconceiving of who we are, can reverse the crises of our age.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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The audience may not have felt it was right, and the author may have felt a little upset, but every part I've played I've twisted around in my mind until I've made it into something of my own. Looking back over it, I didn't deliberately sit down and plan like that, but it does read like it.
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I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
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My father is a great grandfather. He's a wonderful grandfather, but he's a terrible husband.
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We print 37 million copies, and we found out about the unfortunate news as we were putting the issue to bed.
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In 1999, I just came out of putting out the song 'Vivrant Thing' and 'Breathe and Stop' off the 'Amplified' album. Clive Davis signed me to Arista.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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We are not going to sit idly by and permit state actors to go after our information, our private-sector information or our public-sector information.
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Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
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Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.
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I am one of those guys who could do the most emotional scene and crack a joke instantly. I'm lucky. I'm just like an idiot savant. I have one enormously enjoyable, pleasurable - for me - talent, which is being able to act.
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They're lining up the prisoners And the guards are taking aim I struggled with some demons They were middle-class and tame I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim.
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I was in relays for track where you just bonded with all these different kinds of personalities who were coming together for this one common goal of beating a rival team.
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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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A revolution that leaves our conceptualization of self and world intact cannot bring other than temporary, superficial change. Only a much deeper revolution, a reconceiving of who we are, can reverse the crises of our age.
