"If it be true that democracy is based upon the assumption that every man shall serve his fellow man, the organization of democracy should be gradually adapted to that assumption."

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Source : Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.418, Cosimo, Inc.

Herbert Croly

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“Never before have people been so infantalized, made so dependant on the machine for everything; as the earth rapidly approaches its extinction due to technology, our souls are shrunk and flattened by its pervasive rule. Any sense of wholeness and freedom can only return by the undoing of the massive division of labour at the heart of technological progress. This is the liberatory project in all its depth.”

Source : John Zerzan (1994). “Future primitive: and other essays”
“Knowing what you can do at any given time to look and feel better is pretty powerful.”

Source : Bobbi Brown (2012). “Bobbi Brown Pretty Powerful”, p.277, Chronicle Books
“I am gentle with myself, knowing that I am doing the best I can with the knowledge and understanding I have”
“I am very excited to be the head women's basketball coach at Beloit College, ... This is a great opportunity for me. I am looking forward to putting my stamp on the program. I am confident that I can and will be successful here.”
“Scott Medlock. Some say he's a genius, some say he's a fool. I say he's the Jim Morrison of sports art, and proud to say, one of my closest friends.”
“Mozart shows a creative power of such magnitude that one can virtually say that he tossed out of himself one great masterpiece after another.”
“As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years and then the air was out of it and it was time to finish.”
“Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.”

Source : Ann Patchett (2011). “State of Wonder”, p.246, Bloomsbury Publishing

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