"A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude."

-- Aldous Huxley

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“I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my job and my greatest challenge.”
“Is there a meditation that is not the ego trying to become? Is meditation conscious if every effort implies time?”
“I rise today to discuss the National Intelligence Reform bill. I commend my colleagues in both Houses for their hard work in coming to an agreement. As with any conference, each voice is heard, but none can dominate and compromise must be achieved.”
“Time isnâ€™t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on timeâ€”past and futureâ€”the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.”
“I would ban sweets from school - but this pressure to bring in healthy food is too much”
“Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.”
“Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of the world.”
“I don't think if you take somebody's temperature a lot that will make them well.”

Source : "Mommy Blues" by Ruth Conniff, progressive.org. February 21, 2005.

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