"Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has."

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Source : Randolph Silliman Bourne (1992). “The Radical Will: Selected Writings, 1911-1918”, p.133, Univ of California Press

Randolph Bourne

#Anger Quotes #Likes Quotes #Niche Quotes

“North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un reportedly has had 15 of his top officials executed. So the lesson here is when Kim Jong Un comes to work with a new haircut, you tell him, 'Looking good, Un.'”
“A concert is a concert is a concert is a concert. An album is an album is an album is an album. Musically, both have nothing in common.”
“I like these boots," I told Vayl. "Do you think they'd sell them to me cheap? I keep ruining mine." "Since when do you fret over money?" he asked with amusement. "I was not even sure you knew what to do with it." I shrugged. "A women has needs." "Still." said Cole. "Gosh, Jaz, why didn't you say something to me? I'd never let you suffer.”
“I felt nothing all the time, and it had started to feel normal. It should have scared me, but it didn't.”
“If a shop has a lot of sections I'll end up putting my record above the James Blunt CDs since he ripped off my bloody artwork and he's selling millions of records! I try to get people to buy mine accidentally.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.”
“Champions behave like champions before they are champions”
“I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.”

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