"The hegemony of finance and the banks has produced the indebted. Control over information and communication networks has created the mediatized. The security regime and the generalized state of exception have constructed a figure prey to fear and yearning for protectionâ€”the securitized. And the corruption of democracy has forged a strange, depoliticized figure, the represented. These subjective figures constitute the social terrain on whichâ€”and against whichâ€”movements of resistance and rebellion must act."

-- Michael Hardt

#Communication Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Hegemony Quotes

“It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.”
“I think what breaks people is not adversity; what breaks people is thinking that tomorrow is going to be just like yesterday. That's what's numbing - if you think you can't change, you can't be better. And I didn't like that.”
“when you can't see straight ahead, it's because you're about to turn a corner.”

Source : Myrtle Reed (1916). “Old Rose and Silver”, p.86, Library of Alexandria
“To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.”

Source : "Yann Arthus-Bertrand: Looking down on creation". Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2011.
“This October, we renew the fight against domestic violence and abuse in America. Together, we can eliminate domestic violence from homes across the country and ensure that our children grow up in healthy, peaceful communities.”
“There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are followed by reconstructions.”
“I feel that when I shoot anything, and I have something beautiful, I just move on.”
“The diplomatic representatives of the United States of America to other nations are almost entirely Jews.”

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