"Awakenings are always terrifying as they force you to realize your past has been lived in confinement, the most disturbing part is when you recognize that the shackle holding you down are largely once you have placed upon yourself, the prison is self constructed"

-- Dean Karnazes

#Past Quotes #Self Quotes #Awakening Quotes

“The capitalist has this over the politician and the clergyman; he has in practice done more to raise the standard of living of the poor than all the government and church programs in history....Monsanto and the Archer Daniels Midland Company have fed more hungry people than all the...soup kitchens combined.”
“The smell of death was thick in the city of Vara?asi. And in Tokyo as well. And yet the birds blissfully sang their songs.”
“The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived.”
“I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.”

Source : FaceBook post by Katherine Dunn from Jun 02, 2013
“Comedy is great; you get to laugh! Life is so serious.”
“No amount of telling is worth doing it once.”
“Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.”
“I owe my own fluency with language to Brooklyn. Everyone talked about everything, from the Dodgers to the revolution.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com

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