"The gift economy represents a shift from consumption to contribution, transaction to trust, scarcity to abundance and isolation to community."

-- Charles Eisenstein

#Community Quotes #Scarcity Quotes #Isolation Quotes

“Man is not the lord of all the world's animals. He is the protector.”
“I always tried not to be too mean, but my problem is that the people I tend to find hilarious don't usually have senses of humor. So interacting with them is a little bit of an awkward engagement, because I can't really make them laugh, on top of which I've been doing an impression of them.”

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“If I don't laugh at least 20 times a day - it hasn't been a good day.”
“There are some who maintain that trade will regulate itself, and it is not to be benefited by the encouragements or restraints of government. Such persons will imagine that there is no need of a common directing power. This is one of those wild speculative paradoxes, which have grown into credit among us, contrary to the uniform practice and sense of the most enlightened nations.”
“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.”
“The threat of China is not military. The threat of China is they can't be intimidated. Europe you can intimidate. When the US tries to get people to stop investing in Iran, European companies pull out, China disregards it. You look at history and understand why - they've been around for 4,000 years, they have contempt for the barbarians, they just don't give a damn.”
“I found out through the Internet that I have AIDS. I learned that I was dead. Where else would I find these things?”
“The car suddenly veered off the road and we came to a sliding halt in the gravel. I was hurled against the dashboard. My attorney was slumped over the wheel. â€œWhatâ€™s wrong?â€ I yelled. â€œWe canâ€™t stop here. This is bat country!”

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