"Ten minutes in a video store should convince any impartial observer that we live in a police state of consciousness, far more pervasive than the Nazis."

-- Hakim Bey

#Police Quotes #Video Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“In many ways, the physical dimension of life becomes less important as the soul enlarges. In my late twenties, I was astonished by the elders with whom I began to spend most of my professional time - how vivacious so many of them were, once I looked beyond my negative bias.”
“A young man who had been troubling society with impalpable doctrines of a new civilization which he called "the Kingdom of Heaven" had been put out of the way; and I can imagine that believer in material power murmuring as he went homeward, "it will all blow over now." Yes. The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet.”

Source : George William Russell (1920). “The Economics of Ireland and the Policy of the British Government”
“We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how they responded to the demands of their time and how they solved their problems. We can learn by analogy, not by example, for our circumstances will always be different than theirs were. The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone. They foreclose the possibility of making other choices and thus they determine future events.”

Source : Gerda Lerner (1998). “Why History Matters: Life and Thought”, p.205, Oxford University Press on Demand
“I am a part of all whom I have met.”
“So don't stop moving forward. For a while, you may feel as though you're taking two steps forward, one step back. And there may be some personal heartache along the way. But when you look your little ones in the eye, you will find your voice and take a stand for them. We are their voices. And we must have the courage to stand up for them, whatever the odds or however powerful the opposition might be.”
“True revolution comes not when we learn to ignore our fat and pretend we're no different, but when we learn to use it to our advantage, when we learn to deconstruct all the myths that propagate fat-hate.”
“Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.”
“I'm terrible in high heels. I'm so bad.”

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