"Neurotic identity crises come when our defense mechanisms have been too successful and we're encapsulated in the fortress we have constructed with nothing to refresh us in our solitary confinement. So we play the old movies with their stale fears and their unrealistic hopes until we become bored enough to risk disarmament and engagement."

-- Sam Keen

#Successful Quotes #Play Quotes #Bored Quotes

“Party politics is now a real farce.”
“It seems that 'national security' is the root password to the Constitution. As with any dishonest superuser, the best countermeasure is strong encryption.”
“A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has a soul.”
“All his life he [the American] jumps into the train after it has started and jumps out before it has stopped; and he never once gets left behind, or breaks a leg.”
“Every movie I’ve made is different, but it’s because I’m different. I’m not the same person I was in 1992 or 1999.”

Source : "Gregg Araki: apocalypse now and again". Interview with Patrik Sandberg, www.dazeddigital.com. March 6, 2015.
“The songs from your childhood, when you hear them you get chills all over.”
“At whatever time highly skilled physicians shall have developed the healing of illnesses by means of foods, and shall make provision for simple foods, and shall prohibit humankind from living as slaves to their lustful appetites, it is certain that the incidence of chronic and diversified illnesses will abate, and the general health of all mankind will be much improved. This is destined to come about. In the same way, in the character, the conduct and the manners of men, universal modifications will be made.”
“When I think of organizations, I think of the capabilities an organization has more than its morphology or structure. The ability of an organization to have a shared purpose and the ability for employees to be productive are critical capabilities for most organizations today.”

Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. August 19, 2011.

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