"The culture industry perpetually cheats its consumers of what it perpetually promises. The promissory note which, with its plots and staging, it draws on pleasure is endlessly prolonged; the promise, which is actually all the spectacle consists of, is illusory: all it actually confirms is that the real point will never be reached, that the diner must be satisfied with the menu."

-- Theodor Adorno

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“When you have some skills but don't fully understand your environment, there is no way you can be a plus one. At best, you can be a zero. But a zero isn't a bad thing to be. You're competent enough not to create problems or make more work for everyone else. And you have to be competent, and prove to others that you are, before you can be extraordinary. There are no short-cuts, unfortunately.”

Source : Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.122, Pan Macmillan
“Love is born in fire, is planted like a seed. Love cannot give you everything, but it gives you what you need.”
“To be a European is to try to negotiate morally, intellectually and existentially the opposing statements and praxis of the city of Socrates and the city of Isaiah.”
“We need to have far less confidence in what man can do and far more confidence in what God can do for every believing soul. He longs to have you reach after Him by faith. He longs to have you expect great things from Him. He longs to give you understanding in temporal as well as in spiritual matters. He can sharpen the intellect. He can give tact and skill. Put your talents into the work, ask God for wisdom, and it will be given you.”

Source : Ellen G. White (1941). “Christ's Object Lessons”
“But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.”
“When things are not going right, there are satanic forces in operation. What is my solution? To rebuke the condition of sin, death, disease, or whatever it is. I can pray in the Holy Ghost, and that prayer is effectual to bring down every stronghold of the enemy.”
“War has been the necessary and inevitable consequence of the establishment of a monopoly on security.”

Source : Gustave Molinari (1977). “Production of Security, The”, p.35, Ludwig von Mises Institute
“Pressure is what you make of it. It makes me play harder.”

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