"Mistaking insolence for freedom has always been the hallmark of the slave."

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Wilhelm Reich

#Slave Quotes #Hallmark Quotes #Insolence Quotes

“I paint when I cannot photograph.”
“Rather than understand the original cause-a thought-we try to change the stressful feelings by looking outside ourselves.”
“Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves.”
“The insanely gorgeous competition documentary on surfing obsession, Step Into Liquid â€” directed by Dana Brown and photographed by John-Paul Beeghly in hypnotic gradations of aquamarine â€” will send you into a dream state.”
“One reason I can be more tolerant than most is that as a therapist I have the advantage of information about my patients that most people are not privy to. And I discover that we rarely if ever see the totality of another in ordinary social intercourse. When an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person, elicited by a particular set of circumstances on a particular day, and we do well to wait a while before concluding that what we see is the whole person.”
“Once upon a time, I thought that politics was the name we gave to our higher instincts. That was before Margaret Thatcher, who came to power when I was 11 years old.”

Source : "Looking back on New Labour" by Andrew O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2010.
“There are probably only a certain number of people who can understand or tolerate how long a job will take and what demands it puts on you. And why should they? It breeds a strange kind of selfishness immersing yourself in a character for so long.”
“Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite”

Source : Gillian Flynn (2014). “The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects”, p.281, Broadway Books

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