"Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom."

-- Oswald Spengler

#Freedom Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“In a way, everything concerning a movie leaves me cold.”
“I like crazy shoes or unusual cowboy boots and I collect big belt buckles.”
“As a consequence [of a closed economic circle], in 1912 there was not a single Irishman who sat on a single board of a major Boston bank.”
“Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.”
“All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from.”
“An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.”
“I'm not for pretending that bad stuff doesn't exist, and a passion for justice and truth is a libertarian trait. But the idea of liberty should also reveal new forms of beauty in the world, astonishing evidence of order without dictate, lovely examples of innovation without planning, and other magical things. Surely these deserve some attention too.”
“I was a painfully shy, awkward kid, with low self-esteem and almost no social skills. Online, I didn't have a problem talking to people or making friends. But in the real world. interacting with other people - especially kids my own age - made me a nervous wreck. I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing.”

Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.34, Macmillan

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