"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."

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Source : Jean-Paul Sartre (2012). “Essays in Aesthetics”, p.11, Open Road Media

Jean-Paul Sartre

#Inspirational Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Freedom Quotes

“The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate capitalism have created a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and aggressively to the commodity form. The need for possessing, consuming, handling and constantly renewing the gadgets, devices, instruments, engines, offered to and imposed upon the people, for using these wares even at the danger of oneâ€™s own destruction, has become a â€œbiologicalâ€ need.”

Source : Herbert Marcuse (1969). “An Essay on Liberation”, Boston : Beacon Press
“The poet cannot invent new words every time, of course. He uses the words of the tribe. But the handling of the word, the accent, a new articulation, renew them.”
“The rumors are lies. There were a lot of people said we're not going to play that we don't have a contract. ... We got it worked out got it hammered out.”
“Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance”
“The English have only three sauces - a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.”
“Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade school classes that teach our children that CANNIBALISM, WIFE-SWAPPING, and the MURDER of infants and the elderly are acceptable behavior.”
“I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church.”
“Anything has a rhythm to it, comedy or drama. There has to be a musicality to it. And everybody can't play the same instrument, ideally. But I think that we all have the same comedic tendencies, and that's why it works. We all sort of agree with what's funny.”

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